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Rebellion : the history of England from James I to the Glorious Revolution / Peter Ackroyd.

Ackroyd, Peter, 1949- (Author). Ackroyd, Peter, 1949- History of England. (Added Author). Ackroyd, Peter, 1949- Civil war. (Added Author).

Summary:

Examines the Stuart dynasty during a turbulent seventeenth century marked by civil war, the execution of Charles I, the rule of Oliver Cromwell, and the deposition and exile of James II.

Record details

ISBN: 9781250003638 (hardcover)
ISBN: 1250003636 (hardcover)
Physical Description: ix, 502 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Edition: First U.S. edition.
Publisher: New York : Thomas Dunne Books, an imprint of St. Martin's Press ; 2014.

Content descriptions

General Note:	First published in Great Britain by Macmillan as a set, complete in 6 volumes, under the common title: The history of England; Rebellion is volume 3 in that series. "First published in Great Britain under the title Civil War by Macmillan."--Title page verso
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 471-479) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	A new Solomon -- The plot -- The beacon -- The God of money -- The angel -- The vapours -- What news? -- A Bohemian tragedy -- The Spanish travellers -- An interlude -- Vivat Rex -- A fall from grace -- Take that slime away -- I am the man -- The crack of doom -- The shrimp -- Sudden flashings -- Venture all -- A great and dangerous treason -- Madness and fury -- A world of change -- Worse and worse news -- A world of mischief -- Neither hot nor cold -- The gates of Hell -- The women of war -- The face of God -- The mansion of liberty -- A game to play -- To kill a king -- This house to be let -- Fear and trembling -- Healing and settling -- Is it possible? -- The young gentleman -- Oh prodigious change -- On the road -- To rise and piss -- And not dead yet? -- The true force -- Hot news -- New infirmities -- Or at the cock? -- Noise rhymes to noise -- The Protestant wind.