Civil War: The Story of Thomas Adamson is the ninth historical fiction book in My Story. It was one of the first books in the series with a male protagonist. The book was written by Vince Cross. It was published on April 19, 2002 by Scholastic UK along with Trafalgar, The Trenches, and Battle of Britain.
"September 1644 My head was down as I rode into the teeth of a gale beside Edward, and I struggled to understand the meaning of the sudden shouts of anxiety from in front of us. I looked up and saw horses rearing and turning. Then I heard a volley of shots rings out, though I could not see who fired them for the smoke that suddenly hung over the road. At last, and nearly too late, I obeyed a harshly issued instruction to dismount and take shelter behind the wagons if I valued my life. I felt rather than heard the musket fire that might have been the end of me, as it ripped the air apart and shredded the canvas behind my head..."
The portrait on the cover is a detail from Flaminio Torre's painting Portrait of a Young Boy. The background is a detail from Ernest Crofts' painting Oliver Cromwell at the Storming of Basing House.[3][4][5]
