The Battle of Marston Moor mb-code IN001274 and Disraeli on the right

and Disraeli on the right in boots with his rods slung across his back

Woman weaving with straw on a hand loom

Alexander III

One of four paintings

The Battle of Marston Moor mb-code IN001274 and Disraeli on the rightThe Battle of Marston Moor, 1644. The North lost to the king. The Parliamentarians under Thomas Fairfax defeated the Royalists at this battle in Yorkshire. Cromwell commanded the Parliamentarian cavalry that defeated the previously invincible Royalist cavalry of Prince Rupert. Marston Moor was a turning point in the English Civil War as it effectively lost the Royalists the north of England. A print from Fifteen Decisive Battles of British History,