Two of the other subjects (George Orwell and Felicia Browne) fought in other units. However, th shows that engagement in the Civil War could take many forms: hence, the chapters on the journalist Philip Jordan, clergyman E.
Iredell, and the humanitarian activist and politician. The remaining chapters look at three historians and writers who have shaped the understanding of the Civil War in Britain: Orwell, Hugh Thomas and Jim Fyrth.Th is based on extensive new research, and many of these subjects have never previously been studied in any depth.