This is an auction for CAVALIERS AND ROUNDHEADS: THE ENGLISH AT WAR 1642-1649, by Christopher Hibbert.

"As King Charles I was led to his execution, guards blew smoke into his face. This vividly dramatic, engrossing chronicle of the English Civil War is crammed with such curious and revealing detail. English historian Hibbert keeps historical analysis to a minimum and emphasizes minor skirmishes instead of major battles in an unconventional narrative that superbly illuminates the human dimensions and costs of the war. He recreates the carnage on the battlefield, the pillaging and vandalism of towns. Conscription was stubbornly resisted; recruits who failed to report received the death penalty. Hibbert profiles dozens of characters, especially Oliver Cromwell, transformed by the war from a melancholy, unambitious "clumsy farmer" into a relentlessly determined leader who saw his soldiers as God's faithful servants and promised them rewards in the hereafter."

• Publishers Weekly (US)

"Well researched, well organized, and full of primary sources. It has an excellent index and complete bibliography, as well as a listing of Civil War sites and period woodcuts, paintings, book illustrations, maps, and charts. Hibbert's narrative is full of insight and detail and his style is clear. Readers learn not only the facts, dates, and players in this English drama, but also come to know the main characters' personalities and motivations. The author even supplies an account of the "Fate of characters whose end is not recorded in the text." An excellent resource, as well as compelling reading."

• School Library Journal (US)

Paperback 1994.

337 pages + illustrations.

Very good condition.

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