Gloucester and her governor during the great civil war

An account of the City of Gloucester which was besieged for over a month during 1643 in the English Civil War. The unsuccessful siege and the Royalist withdrawal that followed it is considered to be a turning point in the war. This is largely because the successful defence of Gloucester by its small garrison and eccentric governor Edward Massey was an unexpected parliamentary victory following a series of Royalist victories throughout South-western England.