Laurence Spring
Laurence Spring studied at the Universities of London and Aberystwyth. He is also a qualified archivist, and has worked for many years at the Surrey History Centre. He has researched the early seventeenth century for many years and has written on various aspects of the English Civil War, including the Campaigns of Sir William Waller and the armies of Sir William Waller and the Earl of Manchester. He has also written many books on the Russian Army during the Napoleonic Wars.
Since he has an archival background he prefers to search through archives looking for various interesting facts for his books they give a vivid insight to the subject, which are usually not mentioned in secondary sources or contradicts the established ‘facts’ on a subject, including pre-dating Wellington’s famous phrase the First British Army’s recruits have been described as ‘scum’ and echoing the First World War, also being referred to ‘lions led by a hare’.
‘The First British Army’ was Laurence’s first book with Helion.
Books
- Soldiers' Clothing of the early 17th century : Britain and Western Europe 1618-1660 Author
- The First British Army 1624-1628 (Revised Edition) : The Army of the Duke Of Buckingham (Revised edition) Author
- Campaigns of the Eastern Association : The Rise of Oliver Cromwell, 1642-1645 Author
- The Bavarian Army During the Thirty Years War 1618-1648 (Revised Second Edition) : The Backbone of the Catholic League Author
- The Armies of Sir Ralph Hopton : The Royalist Armies of the West 1642-46 Author
- The Campaigns of Sir William Waller, 1642-1645 Author
- In the Emperor's Service : Wallenstein's Army, 1625-1634 Author
- The Battle of the White Mountain 1620 and the Bohemian Revolt 1618-1622 Author
- The First British Army 1624-1628 : The Army of the Duke Of Buckingham Author