Mapping the English Civil War

Colonel Nick Lipscombe discusses his new book, an atlas and concise history of the civil wars fought across the British Isles between 1639 and 1651.

The English Civil War remains the deadliest conflict ever fought on British soil. While much attention is paid to the battles that took place in England, the conflict also engulfed Wales, Scotland and Ireland. Many smaller battles, skirmishes and sieges took place across the ‘Three Kingdoms’, all contributing to the eventual outcome.

Join historian Colonel Nick Lipscombe as he discusses his new book, ‘The English Civil War: An Atlas and Concise History of the Wars of the Three Kingdoms, 1639-51’, compiled with the assistance of the Battlefields Trust and the National Civil War Centre, Newark.

The book brings together the latest research on the subject and contains 150 maps that offer a complete picture of this revolutionary period in our history.

Nicolas Lipscombe MSc FRHistS served for 34 years in the British Army, seeing considerable operational duty with the British and American armies. He is an accomplished historian, author and lecturer. He was made a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society in 2016. He has concentrated on the Napoleonic Wars, and the Peninsular War in particular, but he is now working on projects associated with the English Civil War. He is a tutor at the University of Oxford, Department of Continuing Education and an active member of numerous historical societies. 

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