A year in the life of Stuart Britain
Zuvich, Andrea2016
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The Stuart monarchs reigned during a time of turbulence in a world that balanced on the brink of change. It was an era torn between absolute monarchy and revolution: kings ruled with iron fists only to be toppled by opponents who laid claim, not to a crown, but to a country. It was an era that saw the carnage of the English Civil War, the execution of Charles I and rise of Oliver Cromwell's Commonwealth, Charles II's restoration, the Great Plague and the Glorious Revolution. In this fascinating, day-by-day account of life in Stuart Britain, diarists from the famous Samuel Pepys and the gardener John Evelyn brush shoulders with well-known poets and anonymous writers of household accounts, describing events from the Great Fire of London and the depositions of two kings, to the coronation of Britain's only dual monarchs and the uniting of the English and Scottish crowns.
Main title:
A year in the life of Stuart Britain / Andrea Zuvich.
Author:
Zuvich, Andrea, author
Imprint:
Stroud, Gloucestershire : Amberley, 2016.
Collation:
336 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 24 cm
Notes:
Includes QR code.Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:
9781445647425 (hbk)
Dewey class:
941.06
LC class:
DA375
Language:
English
BRN:
1445251