Symond's Diary Marches Royal Army

Erscheinungsjahr 2012
ISBN: 978-0-521-62308-7
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, Band 3, 340 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 707 g

Reihe: Camden Classic Reprints

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 reissue enhances Symond's diary by placing it in a rich historical context for the first time, and adds a great deal of new 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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Symonds, Richard

Long, C. E.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Roy, Ian

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Europäische Länder England, UK, Irland: Regional & Stadtgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction to the 1997 edition; Introduction by Charles Edward Long; Symonds's diary; Index.