Naseby's pioneering archaeologist: spurred into action by the false presumptions of Thomas Carlyle, the antiquarian Edward FitzGerald sought to piece together the momentous events of June 14th, 1645.

History Today | April 1, 2009| | Copyright

This month marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of Edward FitzGerald, best known as the translator of the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Less well-known is his groundbreaking survey of Naseby, site of the decisive battle of the English Civil War.

In his book Oliver Cromwell's Letters and Speeches: With Elucidations (1845), the Scottish writer and historian Thomas Carlyle states of Naseby: 'Ample details of this Battle ... are to be found in Sprigge ... who has also copied a strange old Plan of the Battle ... By assiduous attention ... the Narrative can still be, and ...

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