All The Kings Armies

Author : Stuart Reid
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 0752486756
Total Pages : 249 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book All the King's Armies written by Stuart Reid and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2007-08-01 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On 23 September 1642 Prince Rupert's cavalry triumphed outside Worcester in the first major clash on the English Civil War. Almost precisely nine years later, on 3 September 1651, that war was won by Oliver Cromwell's famous Ironsides outside the same city and in part upon the same ground. Stuart Reid provides a detailed yet readable new military history – the first to be published for over twenty years – of the three conflicts between 1642 and 1651 known as the English Civil War. Prince Rupert, Oliver Cromwell Patrick Ruthven, Alexander Leslie and Sir Thomas Fairfax all play their parts in this fast-moving narrative. At the heart of the book are fresh interpretations, not only of the key battles such as Marston Moor in 1644, but also of the technical and economic factors which helped shape strategy and tactics, making this a truly comprehensive study of one of the most famous conflicts in British history. This book is a must for all historians and enthusiasts of seventeenth-century English history.

Author : René Chartrand
Publisher : Century of the Soldier
ISBN 13 : 9781911628606
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book The Armies and Wars of the Sun King 1643-1715 written by René Chartrand and published by Century of the Soldier. This book was released on 2019 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Volume 1 of the Sun King's wars and armies goes from his early and turbulent years, from the resounding victory over Spain at Rocroi in 1643, the unstable years of the Fronde civil wars, his seizure of absolute power in 1661, his immediate control of national finances and armed forces, his measures to create the most effective army in Europe, the i

Author : James B. Wood
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521525138
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book The King's Army written by James B. Wood and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2002-07-18 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Historians have long ignored the military aspect of the wars of religion which raged in France during the late sixteenth century, dismissing the conflicts as aimless or hopelessly confused. In contrast, this meticulously researched analysis of the royal army and its operations during the early civil wars brings warfare back to the centre of the picture. James B. Wood explains the reasons for the initial failure of the monarchy to defeat the Huguenots, and examines how that failure prolonged the conflict. He argues that the nature and outcome of the civil wars can only be explained by the fusion of religious rebellion and incomplete military revolution. This study makes an important contribution to the history of military forces, warfare and society, and will be of great interest to those engaged in the debate over the 'Military Revolution' in early modern Europe.

Author : Edward J Coss
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN 13 : 0806185457
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book All for the King's Shilling written by Edward J Coss and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 2012-10-11 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The British troops who fought so successfully under the Duke of Wellington during his Peninsular Campaign against Napoleon have long been branded by the duke’s own words—“scum of the earth”—and assumed to have been society’s ne’er-do-wells or criminals who enlisted to escape justice. Now Edward J. Coss shows to the contrary that most of these redcoats were respectable laborers and tradesmen and that it was mainly their working-class status that prompted the duke’s derision. Driven into the army by unemployment in the wake of Britain’s industrial revolution, they confronted wartime hardship with ethical values and became formidable soldiers in the bargain These men depended on the king’s shilling for survival, yet pay was erratic and provisions were scant. Fed worse even than sixteenth-century Spanish galley slaves, they often marched for days without adequate food; and if during the campaign they did steal from Portuguese and Spanish civilians, the theft was attributable not to any criminal leanings but to hunger and the paltry rations provided by the army. Coss draws on a comprehensive database on British soldiers as well as first-person accounts of Peninsular War participants to offer a better understanding of their backgrounds and daily lives. He describes how these neglected and abused soldiers came to rely increasingly on the emotional and physical support of comrades and developed their own moral and behavioral code. Their cohesiveness, Coss argues, was a major factor in their legendary triumphs over Napoleon’s battle-hardened troops. The first work to closely examine the social composition of Wellington’s rank and file through the lens of military psychology, All for the King’s Shilling transcends the Napoleonic battlefield to help explain the motivation and behavior of all soldiers under the stress of combat.

Author : White Kennet
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 810 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book A Complete History of England: with the Lives of All the Kings and Queens Thereof, to the Death of King William III ... written by White Kennet and published by . This book was released on 1706 with total page 810 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 716 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Collier's written by and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 716 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Arthur Noel Malan
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 104 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book The Young Guard of the King's Army: Addresses to Boys written by Arthur Noel Malan and published by . This book was released on 1885 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Sir James Turner
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 404 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Pallas Armata, Military Essayes of the Ancient Grecian, Roman, and Modern Art of War written by Sir James Turner and published by . This book was released on 1683 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Sir Richard Baker
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 866 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book A Chronicle of the Kings of England written by Sir Richard Baker and published by . This book was released on 1684 with total page 866 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Lynn A. Dalton
Publisher : Dorrance Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1480952362
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Dragons, Kings, and the Blazing Slicklizzard Heart Trees written by Lynn A. Dalton and published by Dorrance Publishing. This book was released on 2017-11-13 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dragons, Kings, and the Blazing Slicklizzard Heart Trees By: Lynn A. Dalton Dragons, Kings, and the Blazing Slicklizzard Heart Trees is a fast-paced story about a sweet, immature, and unhappy girl who has been mistakenly displaced in modern times when she should be Lady Grace of ancient times. Grace can only get into ancient times through the magical assistance of the Blazing Slicklizzard Heart Tree. The Heart Tree’s help is not free. Each being the Heart Tree assists must have evil in their heart, and the being must pay for the Heart Tree’s assistance by accomplishing blood sacrifices. Grace is selected to be an apprentice to an evil sorcerer, Belgand the Magnificent, so she may obtain evil in her heart and succeed in her quest to become Lady Grace. During her long journey, Grace finds out that she will eventually become the most feared High Sorceress ever to have lived in ancient times. Grace’s personal battle continues between becoming Lady Grace or remaining the High Sorceress of the Norwesian realm. To protect the Scindinvian realm, Goldendere the Great creates two Black Magic Draco Ice Dragons. The dragons become the most sought-after method of fighting battle engagements, especially when there is a High Sorcerer or High Sorceress upon their backs.