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Britain in revolution, 1625-1660 /

This is the definitive history of the English Civil War, set in its full historical context from the accession of Charles I to the Restoration of Charles II. These were the most turbulent years of British history and their reverberations have been felt down the centuries. Throughout the middle decad...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Woolrych, Austin, 1918-2004
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2002.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:This is the definitive history of the English Civil War, set in its full historical context from the accession of Charles I to the Restoration of Charles II. These were the most turbulent years of British history and their reverberations have been felt down the centuries. Throughout the middle decades of the seventeenth century England, Scotland, and Ireland were convulsed by political upheaval and wracked by rebellion and civil war. The Stuart monarchy was in abeyance for twenty years in all three kingdoms, and Charles I famously met his death on the scaffold. Austin Woolrych breathes life back into the story of these years, the sweep of his prose buttressed by the authority of a lifetime's scholarship. He captures the drama and the passion, the momentum of events and the force of contingency. He brilliantly interweaves the history of the three kingdoms and their peoples, gripping the reader with the fast-paced yet always balanced story.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (viii, 814 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, maps, portraits
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:1423766334
9781423766339
1280444983
9781280444982
0191542008
9780191542008
9786610444984
6610444986
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