1. Robert Ashton, Counter-Revolution. The Second Civil War and its Origins, 1646–8 (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1994), especially chapter XII, ‘The Second Civil War in Perspective’, pp. 423–75.
2. Ian Gentles, The New Model Army in England, Ireland and Scotland, 1645–1653 (Oxford: Blackwell, 1992), chapter 8, ‘The Second Civil War’, pp. 235–65.
3. Martyn Bennett, The Civil Wars in Britain and Ireland, 1638–1651 (Oxford: Blackwell, 1997), chapter 11, ‘Engagement to Execution’, pp. 284–314.
4. Maurice Ashley, The English Civil War. A Concise History (London: Thames and Hudson, 1980), chapter 7, ‘The Second Civil War, 1648’, pp. 137–60.
5. Charles Carlton, Going to the Wars. The Experience of the British Civil Wars, 1638–1651 (London: Routledge, 1994), chapter 13, ‘Then we Started All Over Again’, pp. 310–38.