The English Civil Wars: Medals, Historical Commentary and Personalities by Jerome & Arleen Platt, Spink, London, 2013, two volumes, 384, 424 pages, over 400 illustrations, finely bound in blue cloth, gilt, housed in a decorated slipcase. New. "Some three and a half centuries ago, Britain was convulsed by a series of civil wars. The names of its participants and major battles – Oliver Cromwell and Charles I, Cavaliers and Roundheads, Edgehill and Dunbar– are still well known today. These wars saw the introduction of medals as rewards for gallantry and campaign service. This book places these medals within the historical context of the times."