The Civil War : The War of the Three Kingdoms 1638-1660

By (author) Royle, Trevor

One late summer's day in 1642 two rival armies faced each other across the rolling Warwickshire countryside at Edgehill. There, Royalists faithful to King Charles I engaged in a battle with the supporters of the Parliament. Ahead lay even more desperate battles like Marston Moor and Naseby. The fighting was also to rage through Scotland and Ireland, notably at the siege of Drogheda and the decisive battle of Dunbar. Few periods in English history are more significant than that to which acclaimed author Trevor Royle turns his attention in CIVIL WAR. From his shrewd analyses of the characters who played their parts in the wars to his brilliantly concise descriptions of battles, Trevor Royle has produced a vivid and dramatic narrative of those turbulent years. His book also reveals how the new ideas and dispensations that followed from the wars - Cromwell's Protectorate, the Restoration of Charles II and the 'Glorious Revolution' of 1689 - made it possible for England, Ireland and Scotland to progress towards their own more distant future as democratic societies.

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書名 The Civil War : The War of the Three Kingdoms 1638-1660
著作者等 Royle, Trevor
書名別名 The War of the Three Kingdoms 1638-1660
出版元 Abacus
刊行年月 2005.01.20
ページ数 912p
大きさ H198 x W129
ISBN 9780349115641
言語 英語
出版国 イギリス
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