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Healey, Jonathan, 1982- author.
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Great Britain -- History -- Stuarts, 1603-1714.
Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1603-1714.
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The blazing world : ...
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The blazing world : a new history of revolutionary England, 1603-1689 / Jonathan Healey.
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Healey, Jonathan, 1982- author.
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2023.
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Great Britain -- History -- Stuarts, 1603-1714.
Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1603-1714.
ISBN:
9780593318355 (hardcover) :
0593318358 (hardcover)
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492 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm
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First American edition.
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"A fresh, exciting history of seventeenth-century England, a time of revolution when society was on fire and simultaneously forging the modern world. The seventeenth century was a revolutionary age for the English. It started as they suddenly found themselves ruled by a Scotsman, and it ended in the shadow of an invasion by the Dutch. Under James I, England suffered terrorism and witch panics. Under his son Charles, state and society collapsed into civil war, to be followed by an army coup and regicide. For a short time--for the only time in history--England was a republic. There were bitter struggles over faith and Parliament asserted itself like never before. There were no boundaries to politics. In fiery, plague-ridden London, in coffee shops and alehouses, new ideas were forged that were angry, populist, and almost impossible for monarchs to control. But the story of this century is less well known than it should be. Myths have grown around key figures. People may know about the Gunpowder Plot and the Great Fire of London, but the Civil War is a half-remembered mystery to many. And yet the seventeenth century has never seemed more relevant. The British constitution is once again being bent and contorted, and there is a clash of ideologies reminiscent of when Roundhead fought Cavalier"--
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