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1. Casting the die at Edgehill: an inconclusive result to the first pitched battle of the English civil war augured a decade of bloody, seesaw conflict between the Royalists and Parliamentarians

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Marquis, Christopher G.

Subjects
Battle of Edgehill, 1642, Civil war -- History -- United Kingdom, Parliamentary government -- Military aspects -- History, Royalists -- Military aspects, History, Military and naval science
Abstract

By the summer of 1642 England's King Charles I was an exile in his own kingdom. In early January he had marched on the House of Commons to arrest five [...]

Published
2015

2. Judge Andrew Jackson, Presiding: long before his rise to national fame during the War of 1812, young Andrew Jackson, as lawyer, judge and legislator, helped shape the American frontier. He would take the skills, attitudes and quirks developed there all the way to the White House

Author

Marquis, Christopher G.

Subjects
Legislators -- Political aspects -- Political activity, Attorneys -- Political aspects -- Political activity, Government, History, Political activity, Political aspects
Abstract

The bear-sized man, on trial for mutilating a child's ears, stormed about the court, cursing out judge, jury and any man who would try to subdue him. Russell Bean, the [...]

Published
2006

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