Please note: In order to keep Hive up to date and provide users with the best features, we are no longer able to fully support Internet Explorer. The site is still available to you, however some sections of the site may appear broken. We would encourage you to move to a more modern browser like Firefox, Edge or Chrome in order to experience the site fully.

Supporting your high street Find out how »
The English Civil War At First Hand, Paperback / softback Book

The English Civil War At First Hand Paperback / softback

Paperback / softback

Less than 10 available - usually despatched within 24 hours

Description

Almost a quarter of a million lives were lost as King and Parliament battled for their religious and political ideals in the English Civil War.

England was divided between Cavaliers and Roundheads engaged in bitter struggles from Preston to Lostwithiel, Pembroke to York.

Armies were on the march, villages were decimated and great dynasties destroyed: fathers and sons, uncles and cousins were pitted against each other in defence of their loyalties.

The civil war led to the execution of a king, the beginnings of sectarian division in Ireland, savage clan warfare in Scotland and the roots of English socialism. Tristram Hunt avoids adding to the many, mostly transitory interpretations of the civil war and instead offers a timeless narrative based on the first-hand accounts of those who witnessed these traumatic events.

In doing so he brings out the voices of the civil war generation - those who lost sons, who witnessed massacres and who fought for an ideal.

In this book we see their motivations, fears and misery as the horror of war overwhelmed them.

From Cromwell's letters to the memoirs of a Roundhead wife the civil war era is brought to life in all its terrible and fascinating glory.

Information

Other Formats

Save 12%

£12.99

£11.35

Less than 10 available - usually despatched within 24 hours
Add to Basket
Sign in to add to wishlist
 
Free Home Delivery

on all orders

 
Pick up orders

from local bookshops

Information