Books written by John Barratt

  • South Africa's Foreign Policy: The Search for Status and Security, 1945-1988
    South Africa's Foreign Policy: The Search for Status and Security, 1945-1988

    7 Quoted in Martin Meredith , The Past is Another Country : Rhodesia UDI to Zimbabwe ( London : Pan Books Ltd , 1980 ) , p . 151 . 8 Ibid . , p . 151 . 9 House of Assembly Debates ( H. of A. ) , 10 Sept. 1974 , cols .

  • Cromwell's Wars at Sea
    Cromwell's Wars at Sea

    Colonel Clarke struggled all he could to draw them on, earnestly calling to one and commanding another to follow him with their boats, yet would neither commands nor threats persuade them to observance; but do what he could, ...

  • Great Siege of Chester
    Great Siege of Chester

    ... Plain and Peckforton Gap.7 King Edward I's castle of Hawarden, 7 miles west of Chester, was the first of the chain of fortifications which studded North Wales, whilst the Welsh end of Farndon Bridge was secured by Holt Castle.

  • Sieges of the English Civil War
    Sieges of the English Civil War

    Poyntz now had his headquarters in the village of Farndon, with Rossiter's headquarters at Balderton and the Lincolnshire troops occupying a line between Beacon Hill and the Balderton road. Colonel Theophilous Gray had his headquarters ...

  • The Battle of Marston Moor 1644
    The Battle of Marston Moor 1644

    The defeat was catastrophic and the North was lost to Parliamentarian troops. John Barratt looks afresh at the battle and explores the disagreements among the Royalist leaders that had a devastating effect on the outcome of the battle.

  • The Battle for York: Marston Moor 1644
    The Battle for York: Marston Moor 1644

    This is a history of the largest battle of the English Civil Wars, in which 40,000 troops fought on Marston Moor, six miles west of the city of York.

  • Armada 1588: The Spanish Assault on England
    Armada 1588: The Spanish Assault on England

    In this compelling new account John Barratt reconstructs the battle against the Armada in the concise, clear Campaign Chronicles format, which records the action in vivid detail, day by day, hour by hour.

  • The First Battle of Newbury
    The First Battle of Newbury

    A history of the crucial battle of Newbury, fought during the English Civil War.

  • Accelerated Development in Southern Africa
    Accelerated Development in Southern Africa

    in agricultural development, the degree to which people have accepted or rejected innovations, and the reasons for it. Unfortunately, studies evaluating and analysing the success of agricultural programmes in South Africa are extremely ...

  • Cavalier Generals: King Charles I & His Commanders in the English Civil War 1642-46
    Cavalier Generals: King Charles I & His Commanders in the English Civil War 1642-46

    King Charles I & His Commanders in the English Civil War 1642-46 John Barratt. once again there were sound reasons ... the reluctant support of the Lancashire Parliamentarians, Sir Thomas Fairfax set out through the snow for the relief ...

  • The Civil War in the South-West
    The Civil War in the South-West

    John Barratt's account of this bloody and disruptive phase in the West Country's history offers a graphic description of the engagements themselves and takes the reader on a tour of the battlefields"--Page 4 of cover.