02.52 - Wasted Opportunities
Essex joyfully marches into a trap, and the Second Battle of Newbury displays parliamentary divisions for all to see...
Pax Britannica: A History of the British Empire
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Show Notes
Essex walks into a trap of his own making at Lostwithiel, and divisions between the Lord General, Manchester, Waller, and Cromwell, lead to another missed opportunity at the Second Battle of Newbury.
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For this episode, I found the following publications particularly useful:
- Kenyon, J. and Ohlmeyer, J., The Civil Wars: A Military History of England, Scotland, and Ireland, 1638-1660.
- Harris, T. Rebellion
- Michael Braddick. The Oxford Handbook of the English Revolution
- Michael Braddick, God's Fury, England's Fire
- Nick Lipscombe, The English Civil War: An Atlas and Concise History of the Wars of the Three Kingdoms, 1639-51
- Peter Gaunt, The English Civil War: A Military History
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