The Royalist War Effort 1642-1646 - Hardcover

Hutton, Ronald

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0415218004 ISBN 13: 9780415218009

Publisher: Routledge, 1999

Synopsis

The English Civil War remains the most prolonged and traumatic example of internal violence in the history of the state. The Royalist War Effort, 1642-1646 shows the build up to the outbreak of the war, detailing how the war was fought, and how, ultimately, it was won and lost.

In his new introduction to this second edition, Ronald Hutton places his vivid account of the Royalist war effort into modern historical context, bringing the reader up-to-date with recent developments in the study of the English civil war. He analyses the influences which affected his own interpretation of events, ensuring that The Royalist War Effort, 1642-1646 remains the most informative and compelling account of the Royalist experience in the English civil war.

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Review:

'Still by far the best study of precisely the subject described by the title - the war effort ... there is not a better account of the way armies were mobilised and deployed, or the interface of Royalist administrative history and military history or of the internal politics of the royalist party and its military consequences.' - John Morrill, University of Cambridge

'Hutton's subject is the area which gave Charles I his most valuable support to that task he brings a thrilling intelligence, a powerful imagination and a bracing, epigrammatic prose.' - London Review of Books

Synopsis:

The English Civil War remains the most prolonged and traumatic example of internal violence in the history of the state. This book shows how such war was achieved and sustained, and how ultimately it was won and lost. In a new introduction to this second edition, the author places his vivid account of the royalist war effort into modern historical context, bringing the reader up-to-date with developments in the study of the English civil war.

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0415218004
• ISBN 13: 9780415218009
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 308