Ebook: Besieged: Early Modern British Siege Literature, 1642-1722

A pioneering study of early modern siege literature focusing on the terrifying nature of war and the creative ways writers approached it.

Siege literature has existed since antiquity but has not always been understood as a crucial element of culture. Focusing on its magnetic force, Besieged brings to light its popularity and potency between the British Civil War and the Great Northern War in Europe, a period in which literary texts reflected an urgent interest in siege mentality and tactics.