Jessie Childs has the skills of a great story-teller and brilliantly weaves the words of the witnesses of the events into a book as pacey and readable as any novel. There’s no need to make things up when they are this exciting. David Schwimmer is spotted walking somberly to his NYC apartment after paying tribute to Friends co-star Matthew Perry

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Kendall Jenner steps out in business casual for a meeting in Los Angeles... after partnering with sister Kylie Jenner for a Batman Forever costume She also knew about the price of religious allegiance. Her mother converted to Catholicism, inspiring bitter laughter among the Catholics persecuted by Walsingham.His usual wit and charm is in abundance, but what actually keeps you turning is just how fascinating, informative and revealing it all is. Compelling…makes a single house, raided several times across a few years, stand for the whole of England’s civil war. Prospect BOOKS OF THE YEAR In addition, the castle was at the lowest point in the middle of an open expanse that allowed superb views of the enemy's activities. Charlotte had assembled a militia of seasoned marksmen who were able to inflict significant losses by sniping.

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Exhaustively researched and beautifully written, it tells the story of the epic two-year siege of Basing House, a royalist mansion finally captured by Oliver Cromwell in 1645. A stunning achievement . Saul David, DAILY EXPRESS BOOKS OF THE YEAR Promising that he would hold Basing in the King’s name forever, the Marquis of Winchester garrisoned the House in anticipation of a Parliamentarian siege, which promptly arrived in November 1643. The Siege of Loyalty House For the summer of 1643, Childs is able to quote from the diary of an anonymous besieged person (probably written by an officer, due to the nature of the entries). Stacey Solomon, husband Joe Swash and their kids transform into The Wizard of Oz characters as they pose for sweet family snaps on Halloween It’s entirely possible that Reilly felt compelled to write immediately this entertaining and feelgood follow-up to help restore our faith in humanity and the game itself. If so, he has succeeded in rare style.An immersive and electrifying account of a defining episode in the English Civil War that illuminates the human experience—and human cost—of this devastating war.

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Basing House – or Loyalty House, as it became known – was one of the largest and longest-lasting strongholds held for the King and his allies against the armies of Parliament during the English Civil War. Nevertheless, Fairfax persisted in demanding that Charlotte surrender to his forces, going so far as to obtain a letter from Lord Stanley asking for safe passage for her. She refused to surrender under any terms, rebuking messengers in increasingly disdainful tones. Spain's future Queen:Princess Leonor asks Spanish people to 'put their trust in her' as she swears loyalty to the constitution on her 18th birthday This heroic story has not been told before in such detail and with such an eye for the tragedies of civil war. Childs handles a remarkable amount of source material with masterly skill…Thrilling.Extraordinary: meticulously researched, beautifully written, and heartbreakingly relevant. I urge you to read it. Helen Castor In this stunning feat of historical reconstruction, Jessie Childs brings England’s brutal civil conflict to life, illuminating the human experience, and human cost, of this devastating war. A work of deep scholarship, The Siege of Loyalty House is gripping, moving, unputdownable. Mauricio Umansky dines with Dorit Kemsley's husband... after denying he is dating DWTS partner Emma Slater amid Kyle Richards split Robert De Niro loses his cool in court after being asked if he urinated while on the phone to his ex-assistant and called her a bi**h It makes for harrowing reading. Perhaps that is why this part of British history is less well known to most than it deserves to be. This beautifully written and lucid account of a single extraordinary episode sets out to change that.