The English Civil Wars

Autor*innen

• Blair Worden

Parameter

• 208 Seiten
• 8 Lesestunden

• Belletristik
• Geschichte
• Historische Romane
• Kriege
• Sachliteratur

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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, Cromwell's rule and the Restoration - while aiming to reveal something more elusive: the motivations of contemporaries on both sides and the concerns of later generations.

• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2009
• Einband: Paperback