English Civil War A Military History of the Three Civil Wars 1642-1651 Book

The bulk of my prior knowledge about the English Civil War[s] is from the Movie "Cromwell".
Pro: lots of interesting content, including such items as: Dragoons were named as such after their "Dragon" (gun); Fusiliers were the infrantry which guarded the artillery with their Fusils (musket). The content is (so far as I can ascertain) generally unbiased towards the Roundheads or the Cavaliers.

Con: my knowledge of the geography of the English countryside is quite limited - unless one knows where places like Naseby, Newbury, etc. are located, it can be hard to understand the various campaigns/sequences of battles.

Interesting: there are a huge number of towns in New England (I live in Massachusetts) with counterparts of the same name in England. Not very original on the part of the founders of the New England locations.

The military leaders of both sides, were (pun intended) in general, amateurs at the beginning of the conflict, with a very few officers with prior field experience. Mostly under arms for Sweden if I understand the descriptions correctly.

Overall, I would recommend this - and highly recommend periodic reading of wikipedia as you are going through this and discover unusual phrases and terms.