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Rebellion : the history of England from James I to the Glorious Revolution
Title:
Rebellion : the history of England from James I to the Glorious Revolution
Author:
Ackroyd, Peter, 1949-
Personal Author:
Edition:
First U.S. edition.
Publication Information:
New York, N.Y. : Thomas Dunne Books, an imprint of St. Martin's Press ; 2014.
Physical Description:
ix, 502 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
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.
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
Language:
English
Contents:
A new Solomon -- The plot -- The beacons -- 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.
ISBN:
9781250003638
Format :
Book