Cavaliers And Roundheads

This social as well as a military history recreates the scenes of civil war in England, between 1642 and 1649.

The Story of the Civil War with Stand-up Scenes This book tells the story by focusing on key dramatic events. We see, for instance, King Charles comein person to the House of Commons to arrest his enemies, the crucial battles of Lansdown Hill and Marston Moor, and the eventual Roundhead victory. Roundheads under Oliver Cromwell and the execution of al and intrigue, fighting and bloodshed, but it was also a time which laid the foundations of British parliamentary democracy.

A brilliant appraisal of the Civil War and its long-term consequences, by an acclaimed historian. The political upheaval of the mid-seventeenth century has no parallel in English history. Other events have changed the occupancy and the powers of the throne, but the conflict of 1640-60 was more dramatic: the monarchy and the House of Lords were abolished, to be replaced by a republic and military rule. In this wonderfully readable account, Blair Worden explores the events of this period and their origins - the war between King and Parliament, the execution of Charles I, Cromwell's rule and the Restoration - while aiming to reveal something more elusive: the motivations of contemporaries on both sides and the concerns of later generations.

The English Civil War is one of the most hotly contested areas of English History and John Miller is one of the experts on the period. Amid dramatic accounts of the key battles and confrontations, Miller explores what triggered the initial conflict between crown and parliament and how this was played out in England, Scotland and Ireland in the lead-up to war. As the war developed, personalities and innovations on the battlefield became increasingly important, culminating in the rise of Oliver Cromwell and the radical New Model Army. The wars changed the political, social, religious and intellectual landscape of the country for ever. Using a lifetime's knowledge and study on the period, John Miller brings this extraordinary turning point in British history to life.

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