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Michael Snape, The Redcoat and Religion: The Forgotten History of the British Soldier from the Age of Marlborough to the Eve of the First World War , Routledge, London, 2005, ISBN 0-415-377715-3, pp. viii + 319.

Staffordshire has received already a good deal of attention, but treating the period from the interregnum to the 1688 revolution as a single whole does much to bring out a better understanding of the process of underlying change. The last two chapters from 1791 into 1850 covers a period that Michael made very much his own, and shows his interest in ecclesiastical architecture, in spirituality and in mission. The sixty-eight illustrations, mainly from the William Salt Library Stafford, and Oscott College, are a great addition to the value of the work and the outcome of much research in old maps and books. The majority are published here for the first time. This account does not enter into academic debate or seek to impress with wide ranging references to other disciplines. It does not move outside the county boundaries and in the author's own words 'the main story has been told from printed sources, primary and secondary, local and national'. This may be true, but the depth of knowledge of such sources and the long labour will make this a very special addition to the shelves of all those who want to know Staffordshire, and of those working in other counties or regions who want a standard of comparison. It will be a rich pasture for those studying the English Reformation and the parish. Marie B. Rowlands