| HesseCassel | 23 Aug 2009 1:26 p.m. PST |
I have "Memoirs of a Cavalier" by Defoe, and Du Maurier's "The King's General". Any other suggestions? I found two children's / youth's books, but was looking for something more adult oriented. Thanks! |
| Vintage Wargaming | 23 Aug 2009 2:21 p.m. PST |
It is a children's book and not in print, but For the king by Ronald Welch is excellent |
| Elenderil | 23 Aug 2009 3:16 p.m. PST |
Tranters two books on Montrose are pretty good. |
Shagnasty  | 23 Aug 2009 4:52 p.m. PST |
For a fantastical take, try Poul Andersen's "A Midsummer's Night Tempest." |
| Tommy20 | 23 Aug 2009 5:02 p.m. PST |
Blackadder, The Cavalier Years. |
| NBATemplate | 23 Aug 2009 5:55 p.m. PST |
"Master Sawbones" by Jacqueline Lawrence – not bad. "Simon" by Rosemary Sutcliff – a children's story but very well written and evocative of the period. "The Rider of the White Horse" by Rosemary Sutcliff – an excellent novel about Thomas Fairfax and the war in the north pre-1644. (Avoid the bowdlerised and much cut-down children's paperback – go for the full adult edition.) Probably all out-of-print now but worth tracking down s/h. David
nba-sywtemplates.blogspot.com |
| corona66 | 24 Aug 2009 6:37 a.m. PST |
Nicholas Carter's series is the most fun and the most accurate, although not as well written as Du Maurier,Tranter or Defoe. An ECW re-enactor,Carter's battle scenes are excellent. The paperback series is not so easy to find and I don't think that it was ever published in the U.S.,but you'll be able to find all the volumes on the Amazon U.K. site. Let me know if you need more info. |
| Warwick Castle | 24 Aug 2009 8:52 a.m. PST |
'Turncoats Drum' Nicholas Carter an excellent book… 1643 the seige of Bristol campaigns. |
| Elenderil | 24 Aug 2009 2:16 p.m. PST |
Don't know the Carter books but I will try to find them as they sound interesting. I have the Poul Anderson on my book shelf as I'm a fan of his work (I especially like the time police stories and the Poletechnic League story line. A Midsummer Tempest is a good read but it deals with an alternative realities version of the ECW. |
| HesseCassel | 24 Aug 2009 2:56 p.m. PST |
Nocholas Carter, "Shadow on the Crown" series:
"Turncoats Drum. vol I",
And Kings Men Crow,
Storming Party,
Stand by the Colours,
are the four I found.
Of the rest, I was able to get cheap copies of all but "For the King".
So thanks and let me know about any others!
HC |
| bill smithson | 25 Aug 2009 2:16 a.m. PST |
'Harvest of Swords' was the other Nick Carter book. I think he only wrote five. His last one in the series, 'Stand by the Colours' was published in 1999. I wonder why he stopped writing this series? |
