Sedgemoor, 1685: An Account and an Anthology

by David Chandler

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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.
  • ISBN10 0907746438
  • ISBN13 9780907746430
  • Publish Date June 1985
  • Publish Status Out of Print
  • Out of Print 7 November 1997
  • Publish Country GB
  • Imprint Anthony Mott Ltd
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 240
  • Language English