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‘You could hardly find a more engrossing or exciting story’ DOMINIC SANDBROOK, SUNDAY TIMES
‘Rollicking’ TELEGRAPH
‘Gripping’ FINANCIAL TIMES
‘History as it should be told’ ALICE LOXTON
A thrilling political history about the months that brought England to the cusp of civil war, from the acclaimed author of The Blazing World
A BOOK OF THE YEAR FOR: THE TIMES/SUNDAY TIMES, TELEGRAPH AND HISTORY TODAY
A nation on the cusp of war.
A king ousted from his capital by the people.
A society on the brink of collapse.
Why did the English Civil War break out? From Jonathan Healey comes a thrilling portrait of an English people’s great political awakening, and of a nation that splintered into bloodshed at a terrifying speed.
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