02.52 - Wasted Opportunities

Essex walks into a trap of his own making at Lostwithiel, and divisions between the Lord General, Manchester, Waller, and Cromwell, lead to another missed opportunity at the Second Battle of Newbury.

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For this episode, I found the following publications particularly useful:

• Kenyon, J. and Ohlmeyer, J., The Civil Wars: A Military History of England, Scotland, and Ireland, 1638-1660.
• Harris, T. Rebellion
• Michael Braddick. The Oxford Handbook of the English Revolution
• Michael Braddick, God's Fury, England's Fire
• Nick Lipscombe, The English Civil War: An Atlas and Concise History of the Wars of the Three Kingdoms, 1639-51
• Peter Gaunt, The English Civil War: A Military History

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