Description: It was 'Black Tom' Fairfax, not Oliver Cromwell, who created and commanded Parliament's New Model Army during the English Civil War. This is his first biography by a modern academic.
Brief description: Andrew Hopper is Lecturer in History in the Centre for English Local History at the University of Leicester
Review Quotes: "This is an important, well written and convincingly argued book, covering the career of a major, and neglected, figure from the period."--Patrick Little, History of Parliament Trust