Maps and Battle Plans

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Plates vii
4. Maps and Battle Plans viii
5. Preface ix
6. Glossary xii
7. 1. The Generals 1
8. 2. The First Campaign of the English Civil War: The Opening Moves 11
9. 3. Over by Winter? Edgehill and Turnham Green 24
10. 4. Taking Stock, November 1642–April 1643 39
11. 5. Parliament’s Lost Opportunities, April–July 1643 49
12. 6. The King on the Offensive: Bristol, Gloucester and the First Battle of Newbury 62
13. 7. Odds Even: Fighting in the Provinces, August 1643–April 1644 75
14. 8. Great Expectations: Selby and Oxford 89
15. 9. The Marston Moor Campaign 99
16. 10. The Generals in Jeopardy: Cropredy Bridge and Lostwithiel 110
17. 11. The March to Newbury: Saving the South 122
18. 12. The Second and Third Battles of Newbury 130
19. 13. The Reckoning: A New General and a New Army 141
20. 14. Fairfax, Rupert and the Battle of Naseby 154
21. 15. Fairfax and Goring 167
22. 16. Warfare in Scotland and Ireland 1642–1648 179
23. 17. The Second English Civil War 191
24. 18. The British Wars 1649–1652: Ireland 205
25. 19. The British Wars 1650–1651: Scotland and England 215
26. 20. Generals: The Audit 228
27. Notes 234
28. Bibliography 290
29. Index 301