The Battles of Newbury: Crossroads of the English Civil War

by Christopher L. Scott, Richard Holmes (Foreword by)

Overview

In 1643 and again in 1644 the forces of King Charles I and Parliament clashed at Newbury in a bloody fight. Each time the fate of the country hung in the balance. Chris Scott retells the story of these two complex and exciting battles and provides a fascinating guided tour of the surviving battlefields.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781844688524
Publisher:	Pen & Sword Books Limited
Publication date:	07/15/2008
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	192
File size:	10 MB

About the Author

Dr Christopher L Scott has been walking battlefields for over 40 years, analysing ground and tactics. He has taken numerous groups around the battlefields of Britain, the sites of both Marlborough's and Wellington's victories in Europe, and ran tours of Crecy and Agincourt. In 2002 Chris co-founded the Guild of Battlefield Guides and served for ten years as a member of Council and Director of Validation. He was given the Guild’s most prestigious awards being placed on its roll of honour and made a Fellow.Chris has lectured for the British Councils Organisation, was part of a British delegation to the Zulu War Centennial Ceremony and represented Great Britain at an International Congress of Historical Sciences. He has also lectured for the British Commission for Military History and The Battlefields Trust for whom he was a Trustee. He is a Freeman of the City of London and a Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Fletchers, a member of the Naval&Military Club, the Royal Historical Society, and President of the Wyvern Military Dining Club.

Table of Contents

List of Maps     vi
Acknowledgements     vii
Foreword     ix
Preface     xi
Introduction: The Crossroads of the Civil War     1
The Combatants and Fighting Techniques     5
How Do We Know?     20
The First Battle of Newbury     26
The Second Battle of Newbury     68
Orders of Battle     115
Summary     128
Touring the Battlefields     133
Helpful Information     165
Further Reading     172
Index     175