The English Civil War

Colonel Nicolas (Nick) Lipscombe MSc FRHistS served for 34 years in the British Army. He is an accomplished historian, author and lecturer. He was made a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society in 2016. His works include the award-winning Peninsular War Atlas and Concise History, Wellington’s Guns, Wellington Invades France, the official Waterloo 200 Bicentenary compendium, Wellington’s Eastern Front and most recently, The English Civil War: An Atlas and Concise History of the Wars of the Three Kingdoms 1639–51. He is a tutor at the University of Oxford, Department of Continuing Education and an active member of numerous historical societies. He lives in Oxford.

Foreword
Preface
Chronology – The Wars of The Three Kingdoms, 1639–52
Legend to Maps
Introduction – Origins of Conflict
Civil War Armies, Fighting Components and their Tactics

1 – The Early Stuarts and the Divine Right of Kings, 1603–37
2 – The Bishops’ Wars, 1639–40
3 – Rebellion in Ireland, 1640–42
4 – The Road to Civil War, 1641–42
5 – The Campaign and Battle of Edgehill, June to October 1642
6 – Advance to London, October to November 1642
7 – Nationwide Struggle, December 1642 to March 1643
8 – The Nation Divides, Mid-March to end of May 1643
9 – Events in The South-West, March to June 1643
10 – The Struggle for the North and Centre, June to August 1643
11 – The Struggle for Bristol and the South-West, June to August 1643
12 – Operations in the North, September to December 1643
13 – Events in Devon, September to the end of 1643
14 – The First Battle of Newbury, September 1643
15 – Irish Cessation and the Scottish Covenant, 1643
16 – The Scottish Invasion, Early 1644
17 – Nantwich And Newark: The Battles for Central England, January to March 1644
18 – Wales: The Conquest of Pembrokeshire, January to March 1644
19 – Waller’s Operations in the South, January to April 1644
20 – The Great Siege and Battle in Yorkshire, April to August 1644
21 – The Oxford Campaign, May to August 1644
22 – Events in the South-West, April to August 1644
23 – War in the Centre: the Second Battle of Newbury, August to November 1644
24 – Wales, Scotland and the North of England, August to the end of 1644
25 – A Time to Reflect: the end of 1644
26 – Nationwide Developments, Early 1645
27 – The Great and Decisive Battle at Naseby, 14 June 1645
28 – Taunton and Langport: Events in The South-West, January to July 1645
29 – Scotland in 1645: Montrose’s Royalist Campaign
30 – Post-Naseby, Part 1: Wales and the South, to the end of 1645
31 – Post-Naseby, Part 2: the North, to the end of 1645
32 – Sweeping up the South-West, January to April 1646
33 – The end of the First Civil War, 1646
34 – Wales, Scotland and Ireland in 1646
35 – Ireland 1647: Beyond Redemption
36 – The King’s Intransigence, 1647
37 – War Reignites in Wales, 1648
38 – War Reignites in England, 1648
39 – The Battle of Preston: the Death Blow to Royalism, 1648
40 – The ‘Endgame’: Regicide, 1649
41 – Cromwell and Parliament’s Army in Ireland, 1649–52
42 – The Invasion of Scotland, July 1650 to September 1651
43 – Worcester, 1651: The Final Battle
44 – The Interregnum, 1649–60

Notes to Maps
Appendices
Glossary
Bibliography