The English Revolution 1642-1649

This animated and sometimes impassioned account of the English Civil War and revolution discloses the fractured mosaic of English society: the war between King and Parliament; the quarrels and debates within the Army; the Army takeover of Parliament; the attempted counter-revolution the City of London; and the intense factionalism which prevented the cessation of war from becoming a settled peace. The author also explores the symbolism of Charles I's execution, the "Great Debates" about the proper limits of the King's authority and his obligations to God, Parliament, and the people, and the "great divide" in English politics which makes neutral writing about this period impossible. The book also offers insights to the well-informed. Lively and readable, with an ear for the haunting call of "the poorest he in England" amid the hue and cry of battle and the war of words in which the future of the republic was lost.

D. E. Kennedy is Associate Professor, Department of History, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.

The War for King and Parliament, 1642-1646 * Interregnum, 1646-1647 * The Army in Debate * The Second Civil War * Regicide and Republic, January-March 1649
The War for King and Parliament, 1642-1646 * Interregnum, 1646-1647 * The Army in Debate * The Second Civil War * Regicide and Republic, January-March 1649