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The King’s War by C.V. Wedgwood is an excellent book chronicling the events of the First English Civil War. It is a well-written, detailed and informative work which examines the history of a country at war with itself.
In 1642, the tensions that had been building between Parliament and the King exploded into violence. While both sides initially thought that this would be a short, sharp war decided within weeks, it actually ended up tearing England apart for years. The King’s War narrates the story of this conflict from Charles I attempt to arrest his opponents in the House of Commons, through the great battles of the War (and the political machinations going on in London, Oxford, Edinburgh and Dublin), to the surrender of the King to the Parliamentarians in early 1647.
The definitive narrative account of the first English Civil War. If you are starting to study this period as part of a course of study or for general interest, then this is the place to start as it gives you an excellent grounding of the characters involved and the locations for all the major battles in England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland, including many of the minor engagements, skirmishes and sieges.
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