The Royalists had confidently expected to destroy the New Model Army in the field, not because God was on the side of the Anglicans, but because it was assumed that the army was staffed entirely by scum.

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The Siege of Loyalty House: A Story of the English Civil War

How could people withstand the experience of living inside such a brutal conflict, beginning to starve and fall prey to disease as the cannons fired again and again? The Marquis of Winchester refused to surrender, however, and Rawdon’s garrison put up a spirited defence. But they could only hold out for so long. Dwindling supplies and steadily advancing Roundhead entrenchments meant that something had to be done. The Marquis appealed for help and, despite Royalist forces being in short supply, Colonel Henry Gage managed to raise a force of 400 musketeers and 250 horses.The more people arrived, the more difficult supplies became. Non-combatants ate the food, and disheartened and discouraged the soldiers. Among them was the governor of the garrison, Marmaduke Rawdon, who adopted a stoat as his personal badge. Stoats are ferocious predators but it was also believed that a stoat would rather die than besmirch its beautiful white fur. Reilly’s previous book was Commander In Cheat, a nose-holding dive into Donald Trump’s golfing lies and disgraces. Geri Horner wears vintage goggles and poses next to a yellow plane as she transforms into aviation icon Amelia Earhart for Halloween