Conscription was stubbornly resisted recruits who failed to report received the death penalty astrologers helped the king formulate military strategy. He recreates the carnage on the battlefield, the pillaging and vandalism of towns. English historian Hibbert keeps historical analysis to a minimum and emphasizes minor skirmishes instead of major battles in an unconventional narrative that superbly illuminates the human dimensions and costs of the war. This vividly dramatic, engrossing chronicle of the English Civil War is crammed with such curious and revealing detail. History Book Club alternate.As King Charles I was led to his execution, guards blew smoke into his face.
Hibbert keenly profiles dozens of characters, especially Oliver Cromwell, transformed by the war from a melancholy, unambitious ``clumsy farmer'' into a relentlessly determined leader who saw his soldiers as God's faithful servants and promised them rewards in the hereafter.
As King Charles I was led to his execution, guards blew smoke into his face.
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