Myke Cole

Steel Lobsters

Crown, Commonwealth, and the Last Knights in England

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Produktbeschreibung

A dramatic history of the Steel Lobsters, Sir Arthur Hesilrigeâ s Regiment of Horse, in the English Civil War â the last fully armoured knights in England.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. November 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 31mm
• Gewicht: 488g
• ISBN-13: 9781472863584
• ISBN-10: 1472863585
• Artikelnr.: 69671720

Autorenporträt

Following a long career in the military, intelligence, and law enforcement, Myke Cole is a fire/rescue responder in NY's Hudson Valley. He is a freelance historian and writer, and has published ten novels with publishers including Penguin Random House and Macmillan in addition to his history books for Osprey. Myke's short work has appeared in The New York Times, Smithsonian Magazine, The Daily Beast, Foreign Policy, The New Republic, McSweeney's, and Slate. He's starred on TV shows on CBS and Discovery, and has featured on NPR.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
List of Illustrations
List of Maps
Introduction
Section I: Political Radicals
I. Divine Right, Common Law, and True Religion
II. Vivat Rex Carolus
III. Tech, Tactics, and the Battle of Breitenfeld
IV. Decade of Defiance
Section II: Military Conservatives
V. Edgehill (1642)
VI. Ripple Field (1643)
VII. Lansdown (1643)
VIII. Devizes (1643)
IX. Roundway Down (1643)
Epilogue: The Dustbin of History
Notes
Index

Rezensionen

This engaging study explores anew the role during the English Civil War of fully armored cavalrymen equipped with pistols and carbines as well as swords' … it is a thoughtful, vigorous and enjoyable re-assessment.