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The Blazing World A New History of Revolutionary England, 1603-1689 [Audiobook]
A fresh, exciting history of seventeenth-century England, a time of revolution when society was on fire and simultaneously forging the modern world. The seventeenth century was a revolutionary age for the English. It started as they suddenly found themselves ruled by a Scotsman, and it ended in the shadow of an invasion by the Dutch. Under James I, England suffered terrorism and witch panics. Under his son Charles, state and society collapsed into civil war, to be followed by an army coup and regicide. For a short time-for the only time in history-England was a republic. There were bitter struggles over faith and Parliament asserted itself like never before.