A rare and fascinating review of the Scottish campaign by Cromwell. The set battles of the English Civil War that saw Parliament triumphant and Cromwell placed in national command have been covered well by historians but little has been done to examine the Commonwealth campaigns. – Highly Recommended.
NAME: Cromwell's Convicts, The Death March From Dunbar 1650 FILE: R3116 AUTHOR: John Sadler, Rosie Serdiville PUBLISHER: Pen & Sword BINDING: hard back PRICE: £19.99 GENRE: Non Fiction SUBJECT: Cromwell, Civil War, Parliamentary Army, Levellers, Puritans, New Model Army, The Commonwealth, Scottish campaign, Covenanters, Battle of Dunbar, prisoners
ISBN: 1-52673-820-1
PAGES: 190 IMAGE: B3116.jpg BUYNOW: http://tinyurl.com/ullql6h DESCRIPTION: A rare and fascinating review of the Scottish campaign by Cromwell. The set battles of the English Civil War that saw Parliament triumphant and Cromwell placed in national command have been covered well by historians but little has been done to examine the Commonwealth campaigns. – Highly Recommended. Cromwell emerged from rural obscurity during the English Civil War. He is credited with the establishment of the New Model Army and is remembered as a victorious Parliamentary Commander. What has not been covered very well is what happened later as Cromwell seized the reins and effectively became king in all but name. The English Civil War was primarily a contest between King Charles I and the English Parliament, fought in a series of set battles across England with many sieges and skirmishes fought around the major battles. After the end of the Civil War and the execution of Charles I, Parliament was determined to bring a new order to all of the British Isles as a kingdom united and reborn as The Commonwealth. In Scotland the Covenanters were determined to keep Scotland independent of the English Parliament because it had only been a Union of Crowns, where Scotland had retained its own Parliament and legal system. They stood at odds with England under Cromwell's leadership and, at the Battle of Dunbar, they lost. Cromwell took many prisoners and decided to march them south to Durham for trial and sentencing. Many died on the march South and many died in captivity, mostly from disease and malnutrition. The survivors were harshly treated, sentenced to hard labour, or exile as virtual slaves. The authors have produced an illuminating account based on careful research and archaeological evidence.