| The Bravest Battell: Cheriton 1644 and the End of the Royalist Winter Campaign in Hampshire Contributor(s): Jones, Serena (Author) |
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ISBN: 1912390973 ISBN-13: 9781912390977 Publisher: Helion & Company OUR PRICE: $35.96 Product Type: Paperback Published: December 2024 This item may be ordered no more than 25 days prior to its publication date of December 31, 2024 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Modern - 17th Century - History | Europe - Great Britain - General |
| Series: Century of the Soldier |
| Physical Information: 144 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 17th Century - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The battle of Cheriton, in March 1644, was a decisive yet unexpected defeat for the Hampshire detachment of King Charles's 'Oxford Army.' Despite starting the day in a strong position on high ground, by the end of it the Royalists had been decisively routed and had fled north towards Basing House, Oxford, and Reading. Charles had intended that in 1644 he would threaten the Parliament's strongholds in London and the southeast, but after Cheriton he found himself on the back foot and fighting to keep Oxford - and indeed himself - from the dual clutches of Sir William Waller and the Earl of Essex. In this book Serena Jones reexamines the battle by revisiting in detail the numerous contemporary sources such as memoirs and printed newsbooks, and for the first time using drone images to view a critical section of the battlefield from above. |
Contributor Bio(s): Jones, Serena: - Serena Jones spent many years as an English Civil War reenactor before earning a BA Honours in History as a mature student, and then starting her own publishing company to make primary 17th century texts available for modern researchers. Serena is the author of No Armour But Courage: Colonel Sir George Lisle, 1615-1648, and edited the previous two volumes of the Helion conference papers: A New Way of Fighting: Professionalism in the English Civil War, and Home and Away: The British Experience of War 1618-1721. She is currently transcribing and annotating the Civil War newsbooks, and preparing a book on the Battle of Cheriton. |