Bibliograph

Rebellion, the history of England, from James I to the Glorious Revolution, Peter Ackroyd

Type

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Rebellion, the history of England, from James I to the Glorious Revolution, Peter Ackroyd

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 471-479) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Rebellion

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

865158132

Responsibility statement

Peter Ackroyd

Series statement

History of England, 3

Sub title

the history of England, from James I to the Glorious Revolution

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

Table Of 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

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