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Roundhead Reputations: The English Civil War and the Passions of Posterity (Paperback)

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Paperback: 400 pages
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd; New edition edition (25 Jul 2002)
Language English
ISBN-10: 0141006943
ISBN-13: 978-0141006949
Product Dimensions: 19.8 x 12.8 x 1.7 cm

Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)

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An examination of the reputation of the principal Roundheads (Cromwell, Ludlow, Hampden and others) and how over the past 350 years each generation has projected its own concerns on the most traumatic event in English history. Worden discusses several works including Ludlow's "Memoirs", (the account of the Revolution which was only exposed as a forgery 300 years after its publication) and Thomas Carlyle's "Letters and Speeches of Oliver Cromwell", showing how the fighting has intellectually never really stopped.

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Blair Worden is Professor of History at the University of Sussex and regularly reviews for the Sunday Telegraph, The Times Literary Supplement and elsewhere.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A fascinating survey of the historiography of the Civil War, 1 Jan 2002

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Although this book has some interesting information about the motivation of some prominent Parliamentarian leaders, it's primary focus is upon the historiography of the Civil War. Taking Luldow's 'Memoirs' as his starting point, Worden skilfully shows how these were re-edited by late 17th Century Whigs to suit their own purposes. He develops this theme to show how the Victorians and the the historians of the 20 th century also saw the conflict in their own particular light, especially with regards to the rehabilitation of Cromwell's reputation and the socialist interest in the Levellers. This book is heartily recomended to all those interested in the Civil War, and also to those who are interested in the process of history and how it is perceived by different ages.

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2.0 out of 5 stars Blair wordy, 20 Oct 2009

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An interesting thesis ,however, the style is often impenetrable. Very much for the afficianado. Not an easy read.

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