No Armour but Courage - Colonel Sir George Lisle 1615-1648

Few army officers of King Charles I shone as bright as George Lisle during the English Civil Wars, yet have drawn so little attention from subsequent historians.

About the author

Serena Jones spent many years as an English Civil War reenactor before earning a BA Honours in History as a mature student, and then starting her own publishing company to make primary 17th century texts available for modern researchers. Serena is the author of No Armour But Courage: Colonel Sir George Lisle, 1615-1648, and edited the previous two volumes of the Helion conference papers: A New Way of Fighting: Professionalism in the English Civil War, and Home and Away: The British Experience of War 1618-1721. She is currently transcribing and annotating the Civil War newsbooks, and preparing a book on the Battle of Cheriton.

Summary

Biography of an important but neglected Royalist officer during the English Civil Wars.

Product details

• Authors: Serena Jones
• Publisher: Helion & Company
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.08.2021
• EAN: 9781914059575
• ISBN: 978-1-914059-57-5
• No. of pages: 408
• Dimensions: 233 mm x 156 mm x 26 mm
• Weight: 854 g
• Illustrations: 10 photos, 11 ills
• Series: Century of the Soldier
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Modern era up to 1918; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration