On 23 September 1642 Prince Rupert's cavalry triumphed outside Worcester in the first major clash on the English Civil War. Almost precisely nine years later, on 3 September 1651, that war was won by Oliver Cromwell's famous Ironsides outside the same city and in part upon the same ground. Stuart Reid provides a detailed yet readable new military history – the first to be published for over twenty years – of the three conflicts between 1642 and 1651 known as the English Civil War. Prince Rupert, Oliver Cromwell Patrick Ruthven, Alexander Leslie and Sir Thomas Fairfax all play their parts in this fast-moving narrative. At the heart of the book are fresh interpretations, not only of the key battles such as Marston Moor in 1644, but also of the technical and economic factors which helped shape strategy and tactics, making this a truly comprehensive study of one of the most famous conflicts in British history. This book is a must for all historians and enthusiasts of seventeenth-century English history.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Maps
- List of Plates
- Preface
- Introduction The Beginning of the Wars
- Chapter I All the King’s Horses and All the King’s Men: The Soldiers
- Chapter II Over by Christmas: The Edgehill Campaign 1642
- Chapter III The King’s Road: Stalemate on the Central Front
- Chapter IV Cornishmen and True: The Western Front 1642–1643
- Chapter V High Tide: The Central Front 1643
- Chapter VI Coals from Newcastle: The Northern War 1642–1643
- Chapter VII The Newarkers: The War in Lincolnshire 1643
- Chapter VIII Holding the Gates: Nantwich, Newark and Selby
- Chapter IX All the Blue Bonnets: The Scots Invasion 1644
- Chapter X York March: The Prelude to Marston Moor
- Chapter XI No Such Thing in the Fields: The Battle of Marston Moor, Part 1
- Chapter XII The Kingdom is Ours: The Battle of Marston Moor, Part 2
- Chapter XIII A Miraculous Conquest in the South: Cheriton Wood and Cropredy Bridge
- Chapter XIV Westward Ho!: Lostwithiel and II Newbury
- Chapter XV Naseby Fight
- Chapter XVI All the King’s Horses and All the King’s Men: The Last Year of the First Civil War
- Chapter XVII Darkness at Preston: The Second Civil War
- Chapter XVIII The Scots War: Dunbar and Worcester 1650–1651
- Conclusion
- Select Bibliography
- Plates
- Copyright
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