Introduction

revolutionsepisode seven, the new model army. After their great victory at marston moore, the momentum of the first civil war finally seemed to be running parliament's favor. But unfortunately, they failed to capitalize on the moment. Lord fairfax and the earl of leven assumed charles would soon be suing for peace, and so were slow to remobilize their army. And then there was the earL of essex. Whatever happened to him? He relieved lyme easily, and then embarked on a general campaign to conquer the area. Essex had dreams of capturing the queen and holding her for ransom, but she managed to slip away to france. Too late did