Edgar, John G. Cavaliers and Roundheads; or, Stories of the Great Civil War. London: Frederick Warne and Co., c. 1870. [10520]
Brown publisher's cloth decorated in black & gilt, a few white blotches on the bottom cover, light wear at the ends & corners, 7 1/4 x 5 inches, 396 pp. Bookplate removed, a bit shaken with nothing detached. Frontispiece & 2 (of 3) additional illustrations. Fair. Hardcover.
"It would be difficult to mention any period of English history more generally interesting than that associated with the names of Cavalier and Roundhead. In the following pages, my intention is to give a popular account of the most remarkable personages and important events connected with the memorable struggle between King Charles and the Parliament of England, and to present the various scenes of our great civil war in a way likely to attract the attention and excite the curiosity of those juvenile readers for whose perusal the work is principally intended." - Preface.
John George Edgar (1834-1864), b. Berwickshire, Scotland; d. London, England. Edgar wrote stories primarily for boys, and was the first editor of "Every Boys Magazine." He found fame with his first book, "Boyhood of Great Men" and then followed it in the same year (1853) with "Footsteps of Famous Men." He "wrote as many as fifteen other volumes intended for the reading of boys. Some of these were biographical, and the remainder took the form of narrative fiction based on historical facts illustrative of different periods of English history. Edgar was especially familiar with early English and Scottish history, and possessed a wide knowledge of border tradition." - DNB. (10520)
