Book description
This social as well as a military history recreates the scenes of civil
war in England, between 1642 and 1649.
The book is enlivened by character sketches not only of the leading
participants (Charles I, Prince Rupert, Oliver Cromwell), but also of
the numerous lesser characters, male and female, who took part in the
desperate conflict. Families and friends were bitterly divided as men
left home to fight for King or Parliament. Castles and towns were
besieged and sacked. Houses were plundered, churches desecrated and some
200,000 lives were lost. Christopher Hibbert was described by
Professor Sir John Plumb as a 'writer of the highest ability' and by the
'New Statesman' as 'a pearl of biographers'. He is our leading popular
historian whose works reflect meticulous scholarship. His much-acclaimed
books include 'The Destruction of Lord Ralgan', 'The Court at Windsor,
London' and 'Rome: Biography of a City'.
