The English Civil War
A Military History
$85.23
- Paperback
320 pages
- Release Date
4 September 2019
Summary
‘Sir, God hath taken away your eldest son by a cannon shot. It brake his leg. We were necessitated to have it cut off, whereof he died.’
In one of the most famous and moving letters of the Civil War, Oliver Cromwell told his brother-in-law that on 2 July 1644 Parliament had won an emphatic victory over a Royalist army commanded by King Charles I’s nephew, Prince Rupert, on rolling moorland west of York. But that battle, Marston Moor, had also slain his own nephew, the recipient’s firs…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781350143517 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1350143510 |
| Author: | Peter Gaunt |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Imprint: | Bloomsbury Academic |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 4 September 2019 |
| Weight: | 360g |
| Dimensions: | 214mm x 138mm x 30mm |
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About The Author
Peter Gaunt
Peter Gaunt is Professor of Early Modern History at the University of Chester. His books include The British Wars, 1637-1651; The English Civil War: The Essential Readings; The English Civil Wars; Oliver Cromwell; and The Correspondence of Henry Cromwell, 1655-59.
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