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Decisive Battles of the English Civil War
Malcolm Wanklyn
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Description for Decisive Battles of the English Civil War
Paperback. Controversial study of the principal battles of the English Civil War. The book Reconsiders Edgehill, Newbury I, Cheriton, Marston Moor, Newbury II, Naseby, Preston Num Pages: 240 pages, 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JD; HBLH; HBWE; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 231 x 20. Weight in Grams: 426.
In this stimulating and original investigation of the decisive battles of the English Civil War, Malcolm Wanklyn reassesses what actually happened on the battlefield and as a result sheds new light on the causes of the eventual defeat of Charles I. Taking each major battle in turn -Edgehill, Newbury I, Cheriton, Marston Moor, Newbury II, Naseby, and Preston - he looks critically at contemporary accounts and at historians' narratives, explores the surviving battlegrounds and retells the story of each battle from a new perspective. His lucid, closely argued analysis questions traditional assumptions about each battle and the course of the ... Read more
In this stimulating and original investigation of the decisive battles of the English Civil War, Malcolm Wanklyn reassesses what actually happened on the battlefield and as a result sheds new light on the causes of the eventual defeat of Charles I. Taking each major battle in turn -Edgehill, Newbury I, Cheriton, Marston Moor, Newbury II, Naseby, and Preston - he looks critically at contemporary accounts and at historians' narratives, explores the surviving battlegrounds and retells the story of each battle from a new perspective. His lucid, closely argued analysis questions traditional assumptions about each battle and the course of the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
South Yorkshire, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781783469758
SKU
V9781783469758
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About Malcolm Wanklyn
Malcolm Wanklyn was for many years head of the history and war studies division at the University of Wolverhampton, and he is now Emeritus Professor in the History Department. He has made special study of the English Civil War, concentrating on the written records upon which modern understanding of the military history of the era is based. His best-known books ... Read more
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