DAVID SCOTT is Senior Research Fellow in the 1640-60 section of the History of Parliament Trust, London. He is the author of a number of articles and essays on British politics in the 1640s, and co-edited The Journal of Thomas Juxon, 1644-1647 (1999).

• Preface and AcknowledgementsMap 1: England and Wales, Autumn 1643Map 2: ScotlandMap 3: Ireland, Summer 1643Society, War and Allegiance in the Three Kingdoms, 1637-42The Outbreak of the English Civil War: August 1642-September 1643The Wars of the Three Kingdoms: September 1643-August 1645Anglia Rediviva: September 1645-January 1647The Rise of the New Model Army: February-December 1647The Second Civil War and the English Revolution: January 1648-January 1649Epilogue and ConclusionEndnotesIndex.

'Scott compresses into his short space the conclusions not only of his own state-of-the-art research but of a wealth of recent dissertations and articles with which only a specialist could keep pace.' - Blair Worden, Guardian 'This is an excellent and really useful volume. It is beautifully written and full of interesting new information and ideas.' - Dr David Smith, Selwyn College, Cambridge '...Politics and War in the Three Stuart Kingdoms has real star quality: short, beautifully written, and offering a highly original survey of British historians' favourite field of battle.' - John Adamson's Book of the Year, Sunday Telegraph Review