The Siege of Loyalty House: A Story of the English Civil War Childs Jessie
An immersive and electrifying account of a defining episode in the English Civil War that illuminates the human experience--and human cost--of this devastating war.It was a time of puritans and…
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An immersive and electrifying account of a defining episode in the English Civil War that illuminates the human experience--and human cost--of this devastating war.It was a time of puritans and populism, witch hunts and civil war.Between 1643 and 1645, Basing House in Hampshire, England, was besieged three times. To the parliamentary Roundheads, the house symbolized everything that was wrong with England: it was the largest private residence in the country, a bastion of royalism and excess. Its owner, the Marquess of Winchester, reportedly had the motto Love loyalty etched into the windows. Winchester refused all terms of surrender. When he discovered his brother plotting to betray the house, he forced him to hang his accomplices. When the garrison divided along religious lines, Winchester expelled all the Protestants.As royalist strongholds crumbled around
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