English Civil War - Brassey's History of Uniforms - Philipp Elliot-Wright - Hardcover 18C20 Jacobites offers a timely re-telling

Jacobites offers a timely re-telling of this critical episode in our island's shared past

his wife Imelda

Containing as it does

with explanatory comments

he constructs a riveting picture of a war which was lost before it began

English Civil War - Brassey's History of Uniforms - Philipp Elliot-Wright - Hardcover 18C20 Jacobites offers a timely re-tellingThis volume is aimed at anyone with an interest in the English Civil War of 1642 1660. It is a thorough analysis of both Royalist and Parliamentarian armies, with chapters detailing the development of their uniforms, weapons and equipment, from the first hastily raised units at Edgehill to the professional armies of Naseby and Dunbar. Looking beyond the popular image of Civil War soldiers as amateur warriors dashing cavaliers and stern Roundheads the