The English Civil Wars were a series of battles ... textbooks and their usual focus on leaders like Oliver Cromwell. The story of war is the story of how it affected ordinary men, women and ...

The English Civil War (1642-1651) was a series of armed conflicts ... New Model Army led by Sir Thomas Fairfax and Oliver Cromwell. This phase of the war saw a series of intense battles, sieges ...

Basing House was a thorn in Parliament’s side. Commanding the road to London (held by the parliamentarians) the mansion hampered the city’s communications and its prosperous wool trade. It was ...