Britain in Revolution, 1625-1660

xii, 814pp, with central section of plate illustrations, four maps. In black cloth-covered boards with gilt titles on spine. 8vo. Some very mild smudge marks on text block edges, else neat, clean, bright and tight throughout. In its original, illustrated dust jacket, very gently bumped on edges. The story of the cataclysmic events in England, Scotland and Ireland that broke the course of Royal government for two decades and more, evoking the drama of the Civil Wars, the clashes of convictions and emotions that they engendered, their impact on the lives of the people and the wealth of new ideas generated by the breakdown of the old order in church and state.