By the Sword Divided : Eyewitness Accounts of the English Civil War by John Eric Adair
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This enthralling book conveys what it felt like to fight at Edgehill, have your house ransacked by looting soldiers, find your brother fighting for the "other side", or live in a city under siege. More than fifty participants in the war are heard, including the Verey and Fairfax families, Hopton's narrative of his campaign in the west, Bulstrode Whitelocke's memorials, and numerous diaries and letters of the period. Essential reading for anyone interested in the English Civil War.
