Sedgemoor 1685: From Monmouth's Invasion to the Bloody Assizes (Spellmount Classics)

By David G. Chandler

Book Overview

This is the definitive account of the last pitched battle fought on English soil, when the attempt by James Scott, Duke of Monmouth and son of Charles II, to seize the throne was crushed by the Royalist army under Lord Feversham. 300 of his followers were sentenced to death during the infamous Judge Jeffrey's Bloody Assizes and Monmouth was subsequently beheaded on Tower Hill.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1862270465
• ISBN13: 9781862270466
• Release Date: April 2001
• Publisher: Spellmount
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.2" x 0.7" x 6.2"