The English Civil Wars. 1640-1660

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: As New
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: W&N
Publisher Place: Uk
Publisher Year: 2009
Edition: First Edition

Description: 192 pages. Book appears to have hardly been read and is in As new condition throughout.

Publishers Description: A brilliant appraisal of the Civil War and its long-term consequences, by an acclaimed historian.The political upheaval of the mid-seventeenth century has no parallel in English history. Other events have changed the occupancy and the powers of the throne, but the conflict of 1640-60 was more dramatic: the monarchy and the House of Lords were abolished, to be replaced by a republic and military rule.In this wonderfully readable account, Blair Worden explores the events of this period and their origins - the war between King and Parliament, the execution of Charles I, Cromwells rule and the Restoration - while aiming to reveal something more elusive: the motivations of contemporaries on both sides and the concerns of later generations.

ISBN: 9780753826911