The Great Siege of Newcastle 1644

by John Sadler and Rosie Serdiville

In the autumn of 1644 was fought one of the most sustained and desperate sieges of the First Civil War when Scottish Covenanter forces under the Earl of Leven finally stormed Newcastle-upon-Tyne, the King's greatest bastion in the north-east and the key to his power there. The city had been resolutely defended throughout the year by the Marquis of Newcastle, who had defied both the Covenanters and Northern Parliamentarians. Newcastle had held sway...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0752459899
• ISBN13: 9780752459899
• Release Date: June 2011
• Publisher: History Press
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.