Index

to

Monk

by

Sir Julian Stafford Corbett

London: Macmillan & Co, (1889), portrait, vi, 221. pp.

Prepared by Michael Steer

This is one of a large number of books in the publisher's 'English Men of Action' series. George Monk, (also Monck), 1st Duke of Albemarle, KG (1608 - 1670) was a soldier, politician and a key figure in the restoration of Charles II. He was born at Great Potheridge House in Merton, second son of Sir Thomas Monk, a squire of a good Devon family but in straitened financial circumstances. Having assaulted the undersheriff of the county in revenge for a wrong done to his father, he was forced to become a soldier and go abroad. On his return he became one of Oliver Cromwell's most effective generals and his deputy in Scotland. He served Cromwell and his son Richard with unwavering loyalty. By 1660, he had become the most powerful man in England, securing the return of Parliamentary government and the restoration of the Stuart dynasty. This rare and much sought-after book was produced digitally by Google from a copy in the University of California at Los Angeles Library collection and can be downloaded from HathiTrust. Google has sponsored the digitisation of books from several libraries. These books, on which copyright has expired, are available for free educational and research use, both as individual books and as full collections to aid researchers.