Black Tom: Sir Thomas Fairfax and the English RevolutionBlack Tom delivers a groundbreaking examination of the transformative experience of the English revolution from the viewpoint of one of its leading, yet most neglected, participants. It is the first modern academic study of Fairfax, making it essential reading for university students as well as historians of the seventeenth century. Its accessible style will appeal to a wider audience of those interested in the civil wars and interregnum more generally. |
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The Yorkshire Fairfaxes and the outbreak of war | 12 |
Fairfax and popular | 33 |
The brutish general and the year of victories | 54 |
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