Ashley M., The English Civil War. a concise history — 1980
Аннотация: The last war to be fought on English soil ended in 1651. Maurice Ashley, a leading authority on Stuart England, tells the complicated story of the Civil War with succinct skill. After discussing the economic, constitutional and religious struggled that led up to the war, he focuses attention on the course of the campaigns. He vividly brings to life the great set-piece battles-Newbury, Marston Moor, Naseby, Preston-but also gives due weight to the hard task of recruitment, organization and logistics upon which final success depended. In recent years a great deal of detailed research, especially by military historians and those working in local archives, has added immensely to our understanding of the civil war. Dr.Ashley draws upon this new material fully. The men who lived through the events of 1640-51 recognized their importance and recorded them, in pictures as well as words, and one of the special features of this book is its richness of illustration, from contemporary engravings, broadsheets and paintings.
