Rebellion
The History of England, from James I to the Glorious Revolution
New York, N.Y. : Thomas Dunne Books, St. Martin's Press, 2014.
Format: Book
Edition: First U.S. edition.
Description: ix, 502 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
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.
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 (hardcover)
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
HISTORY Europe England Ack | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Nonfiction | Held |
HISTORY Europe England Ack | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Nonfiction | In |
HISTORY Europe England Ack | Southeast | Nonfiction | In |
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, which, in the Macmillan set, was entitled Civil war.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 471-479) and index.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 471-479) and index.