First Newbury 1643

First Newbury 1643 Ref: CAM116
The turning point

by Keith Roberts

Includes three paintings by Graham Turner

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From the publisher's website:
A highly illustrated, compact volume on the battle of Newbury, the turning point of the English Civil War.

By August 1643 the King's cause was very much in the ascendant. Parliament armies had been crushed at Adwalton Moor and Roundway Down and the Royalists had taken Bristol. When they summoned Gloucester to surrender on 10 August the city's only hope was a Parliament relief army. The London Trained Bands joined the Earl of Essex's expedition and when battle was joined at Newbury the Londoners more than held their own against the best of the King's cavalry.

In this colourful and in-depth title, Keith Roberts outlines this context, the course of the battle and its ramifications. With the citizens of London so firmly committed to Parliament's cause and the King's cavalry no longer invincible the balance of power had shifted irretrievably.

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Paperback
248 x 184mm
96 pages
Published January 2003

Price: £16.99

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