Farah Mendlesohn is Associate Fellow of The Anglia Ruskin Centre for Science Fiction and Fantasy, UK. She has a PhD in History, focusing on the Spanish Civil War She was Professor and Head of Department of English and Media at Anglia Ruskin University, from 2012-2017. Previous books include Rhetorics of Fantasy (2009) and Diana Wynne Jones: The Fantastic Tradition and Children’s Literature (2009).

“In this book, a reader gets discussion of many rare works of fiction, which are nowadays hard to procure. … The meticulous work of bringing hundreds of post-English Civil Wars historical fiction (popular & unloved) at one place for discussion is what makes this effort praiseworthy and unique. This comprehensive book is a must-have for the readers, researchers and scholars of historical fiction in general and English Civil Wars in particular.” (Prashant Maurya, Rethinking History, August 6, 2021)

• 1. The English Civil War.- 2. Selecting the Historical Fiction.- 3. As We Understand History, So We Understand Fiction.- 4. The Cultural Landscape of the Civil Wars.- 5. Great Men and Great Battles.- 6. Men and Women.- 7. Religion.- 8. By the Sword Divided.- 9. The War of the Three Kingdoms.- 10. The Commonwealth and the Protectorate.- 11. The Restoration.- 12. Conclusion.

Farah Mendlesohn is Associate Fellow of The Anglia Ruskin Centre for Science Fiction and Fantasy, UK. She has a PhD in History, focusing on the Spanish Civil War She was Professor and Head of Department of English and Media at Anglia Ruskin University, from 2012-2017. Previous books include Rhetorics of Fantasy (2009) and Diana Wynne Jones: The Fantastic Tradition and Children’s Literature (2009).

“In this book, a reader gets discussion of many rare works of fiction, which are nowadays hard to procure. … The meticulous work of bringing hundreds of post-English Civil Wars historical fiction (popular & unloved) at one place for discussion is what makes this effort praiseworthy and unique. This comprehensive book is a must-have for the readers, researchers and scholars of historical fiction in general and English Civil Wars in particular.” (Prashant Maurya, Rethinking History, August 6, 2021)

• 1. The English Civil War.- 2. Selecting the Historical Fiction.- 3. As We Understand History, So We Understand Fiction.- 4. The Cultural Landscape of the Civil Wars.- 5. Great Men and Great Battles.- 6. Men and Women.- 7. Religion.- 8. By the Sword Divided.- 9. The War of the Three Kingdoms.- 10. The Commonwealth and the Protectorate.- 11. The Restoration.- 12. Conclusion.