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RICHARD SYMONDS'S DIARY OF THE MARCHES OF THE ROYAL ARMY
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| By: |
Richard Symonds, C.E. Long (Editor), Ian Roy |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£90.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0521623081 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780521623087 |
| Publisher: |
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
28 February, 1998 |
| Series: |
Camden Classic Reprints No.3 |
| Pages: |
342 |
| Description: |
A 1998 reissue of an important eye-witness account of the English Civil War. |
| Synopsis: |
This diary is the only eye-witness account of the English Civil War by a participant on the King's side who was not an officer. The diarist, Richard Symonds, was a royal Lifeguardsman for the crucial two years of 1644-5, which included the battle of Naseby and the Royalist defeat. The value of his diaries to our understanding of the Civil War is considerable. It provides a distinctive picture of the face of battle in the Civil War, of the feelings of a sensitive and passionate follower of the King, and of the variety of military experience the war afforded. This 1998 reissue enhances Symond's diary by placing it in a rich historical context for the first time, and adds a great deal of material supplied by recent historical scholarship. This book will be invaluable to scholars and students of the English Civil War, as well as to local historians, war-gamers and Civil War re-enactors. |
| Illustrations: |
1 genealogical table |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Cambridge University Press |
| Returns: |
Returnable |