![]() ![]() 'Light in touch, though grounded in an enormous wealth of documentary material this people's history shows how England's men and women coped with quite extraordinary times. 'This book vigorously brings the horror and humanity of the conflict to life.' Financial Times 'Narrative history at its best: gripping, heartfelt, complex.' Mail on Sunday The English Civil War was the conflict between King Charles I of England and a large body of his subjects, generally called the parliamentarians, that culminated in the defeat and execution of the king and the establishment of a republican commonwealth. ![]() 'Wonderful.Purkiss offers a sumptuous portrait gallery of the men and women who lived, wrote and died during this turbulent period.A joyous read.' Daily Telegraph 'Purkiss has an eye for the narrative vignette that can illuminate the age.' Sunday Times 'You begin to get close to what it would have been like to live through the nine momentous years from 1640 to would be hard to imagine anything more irresistible than this rich layer cake of a book, crammed with the stories and the voices that make history human.' Guardian 'Rich, vivid and passionate.a moving, lyrical and principled piece of writing.Purkiss has a gift for evocation.' Independent ![]()
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