characters. That Fairfax and the civil war were ripe for such treatment is suggestive of his continued recognition among the public at the time. story is told through the eyes of a Marshall’s fictitious young lady, Heather Rainecourt, who foresees that Fairfax was born for greatness when she first meets him, well before war broke out. Despite her royalist sympathies, she is on hand to bandage his wrist during his desperate escape from Bradford to Hull, considering him ‘too good for the a Fairfax by his troops and as the Roundheads’. Marshall depicts dubbed ‘fiery Tom’ leader of with his levies of Denton and Nunappleton tenants against desperate ‘audacious sallies the nature of leadership, as well as his relationship with his odds.’ Romanticizing Fairfax’s tenantry, she attributed the parliamentarian triumph at Marston Moor to him, not to Cromwell. The royalist characters in the novel constantly admire military prowess, grace and Fairfax’s decency, lamenting his presence among the rebels. It is underlined throughout that the royalists would have fared much better if he had been among them. The novel ends by considering supposed lack of political genius to be a positive attribute, but nevertheless depicts Fairfax’s rising in favour of General Monck in January 1660 as having the fate of Fairfax’s ‘decided during the Boer War, was intended to praise a Siege of York England.’ Published Marshall’s bygone military hero and thereby foster patriotic feeling in the young. Together Markham’s biography and would have gone some way to establish Fairfax within the Marshall’s novel Victorian of history. ‘great men’ school Much of this traditional image of Fairfax remains in recent novel Rebels Lindsey Davis’s Here he is depicted with in a cheerful chin-up and Traitors. ‘intelligent brown eyes, set Yorkshire face, generously framed by waving brown to Davis, Fairfax had hair.’ According but was diffident man, who had a genuine air of surprise at his sudden ‘obvious charisma’, ‘a to command the New Model. Again, his exploits were admired by the leading royalist elevation’
characters. That Fairfax and the civil war were ripe for such treatment is suggestive of his continued recognition among the public at the time. Marshall’s story is told through the eyes of a fictitious young lady, Heather Rainecourt, who foresees that Fairfax was born for greatness when she first meets him, well before war broke out. Despite her royalist sympathies, she is on hand to bandage his wrist during his desperate escape from Bradford to Hull, considering him ‘too good for the Roundheads’. Marshall depicts a Fairfax dubbed ‘fiery Tom’ by his troops and as the leader of ‘audacious sallies with his levies of Denton and Nunappleton tenants against desperate odds.’ Romanticizing the nature of Fairfax’s leadership, as well as his relationship with his tenantry, she attributed the parliamentarian triumph at Marston Moor to him, not to Cromwell. The royalist characters in the novel constantly admire Fairfax’s military prowess, grace and decency, lamenting his presence among the rebels. It is underlined throughout that the royalists would have fared much better if he had been among them. The novel ends by considering Fairfax’s supposed lack of political genius to be a positive attribute, but nevertheless depicts Fairfax’s rising in favour of General Monck in January 1660 as having ‘decided the fate of England.’ Published during the Boer War, Marshall’s Siege of York was intended to praise a bygone military hero and thereby foster patriotic feeling in the young. Together Markham’s biography and Marshall’s novel would have gone some way to establish Fairfax within the Victorian ‘great men’ school of history. Much of this traditional image of Fairfax remains in Lindsey Davis’s recent novel Rebels and Traitors. Here he is depicted with ‘intelligent brown eyes, set in a cheerful chin-up Yorkshire face, generously framed by waving brown hair.’ According to Davis, Fairfax had ‘obvious charisma’, but was ‘a diffident man, who had a genuine air of surprise at his sudden elevation’ to command the New Model. Again, his exploits were admired by the leading royalist
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