The British Civil War; The Wars... | Buy

The entirety of the British Civil War has never been covered in a single volume--until now. While it is usually seen as an English conflict, Royle paints the picture on a large canvas to show that it engulfed the entirety of Great Britain. While the war began as the result of the Scots' unwillingness to accept Charles I's prayer book, their obstinacy inspired the Irish Catholics to rise against their English and Scot oppressors with the result that fourteen years internecine fighting was to be the norm for these islands. This is grand narrative military history at its best and a monumental achievement.

Trevor Royle is the author of Crimea, a New York Times Notable Book of 2001 (Palgrave Macmillan), and Winds of Change: The End of Empire in Africa.

List of Maps

ix

Preface and Acknowledgements

xi

Prologue: The Battle of Lutzen 1632

3

(8)

PART ONE The Descent to War 1638-1642

The Illustrious Hope of Great Britain

11

(14)

The Personal Rule

25

(14)

The Crown and the Kirk

39

(15)

'That Glorious Marriage of the Kingdom with God'

54

(16)

The Assembly in Glasgow

70

(14)

For Christ's Crown and Covenant: The First Bishops' War

84

(16)

Foul and Horrid Treason: The Second Bishops' War

100

(16)

The Gathering Storm

116

(17)

Ireland in Flames

133

(16)

The Storm Finally Breaks

149

(20)

PART TWO The First Civil War 1642-1647

Father against Son, Brother against Brother

169

(15)

First Shots: Edgehill

184

(17)

The Failure to Take London

201

(17)

Hearts and Cities: The War to Win the Centre

218

(16)

Western Wonder: The War in the West Country

234

(16)

Changing Fortunes: The War in the North

250

(16)

Stalemate

266

(15)

Keep Your Powder Dry: Marston Moor

281

(19)

The Pity of War

300

(18)

Smile Out to God in Praises: Naseby

318

(19)

Montrose's Annus Mirabilis

337

(16)

Things Fall Apart

353

(15)

Confederates for the King

368

(13)

The Beginning of the End

381

(14)

The Levellers and the Putney Debates

395

(17)

The King's Engagement

412

(17)

PART THREE The Second and Third Civil Wars 1648--1651

Wales Rises for the King

429

(13)

A Summer of Discontent

442

(15)

Nothing but the Hand of God: Preston

457

(17)

Pride's Purge

474

(15)

That Memorable Scene

489

(16)

The Creation of a Commonwealth

505

(17)

Those Barbarous Wretches: Drogheda and Wexford

522

(16)

The Curse of Cromwell

538

(14)

Prince of Wales, King of Scotland

552

(16)

A Signal Mercy: Dunbar

568

(17)

Hammer of the Scots

585

(19)

Hell or Connacht: The Subjugation of Scotland and Ireland

604

(19)

PART FOUR The Protectorate 1653--1659

Winning the Peace

623

(17)

My Delight amongst the Nations: The Anglo-Dutch War

640

(17)

Cromwell, Lord Protector

657

(17)

The Cromwellian Settlement in Scotland and Ireland

674

(16)

'Silly Mean Fellows': The Rule of the Major-Generals

690

(15)

Fighting the Lord's Battles: The War against Spain

705

(17)

King Cromwell and Tumbledown Dick

722

(19)

The King Comes into His Own

741

(22)

PART FIVE Restoration 1660

Revenge and Restraint

763

(17)

The Settlement of the Three Kingdoms

780

(20)

The Civil Wars and Modern Memory

800

(17)

Epilogue: Lexington and Concord, 1775

817

(8)

Bibliography

825

(8)

Notes and References

833

(20)

Index

853

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