History of the Great Civil War, Volume I: 1642-1644

by Samuel Rawson Gardiner, Christopher Hill (Introduction)

S.R. Gardiner's seminal work on the "Great Rebellion" has been accepted since it first appeared at the end of the 19th century as the chronological basis for all that has been written since. Available in four volumes, the first of which traces events from the beginning of the conflict to the Battle of Marston Moor, which was to prove the turning point for the Parliamentarian cause. This volume contains an introduction by Christopher Hill, an authority on 17th-century English history, in which he sums up Gardiner's importance both in his own time and for ours.

Genres: History

400 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1886

Reviews

[Ian Willey · Rating 5 out of 5]

As Christopher Hill states in his introduction, all modern historians stand on Gardiner's shoulders. The four volume history of the Civil War gives an excellent grounding for anyone to work from. His ability to link all the political, religious and military threads and do so in a clear way means that his work can not be overlooked even with it's Parliamentarian bias of the time in which it was written.