Presenting a history of the English Civil War, this work talks about the people who fought in it, died in it, and in doing so changed the history of the world forever. It illustrates the critical contribution of this extraordinary period in English history to contemporary politics and society.[...]

In this compelling history of the violent struggle between the monarchy and Parliament that tore apart seventeenth-century England, a rising star among British historians sheds new light on the people who fought and died through those tumultuous years. Drawing on exciting new sources, including let[...]