The Noble Revolt by John Adamson
A magnificent new study of the political crisis that produced the overthrow of King Charles I, and came to engulf all three Stuart kingdoms - England, Scotland, and Ireland - in war during the 1640s.
"immensely scholarly and beautifully written book.. This is one of the most original and thought-provoking books on the civil war I have yet read." -- SIMON HEFFER THE LITERARY REVIEW "a work of great style and imagination... As with a great 19th-century novel, the story and the characters will become your friends for life." -- ED SMITH THE TIMES "vigorously refutes more than a century of debate on the reasons for Charles's downfall. a good old-fashioned political history." THE SUNDAY TIMES "a monumental achievement. ..a timeless study of the realities of power... John Adamson has given us a masterly account." -- MALCOLM GASKILL THE SUNDAY TELEGRAPH "... new and profound, it's an exciting read, full of colour and finely drawn characters. the ten years dedicated to writing it were well spent." -- LEANDA DE LISLE THE SPECTATOR "engaging... he delivers a body blow to recent modes of revisionist analysis." THE DAILY TELEGRAPH "Adamson has fine gifts of characterisation... he has raised his subject to a new level." -- BLAIR WORDEN LONDON REVIEW OF BOOKS "excellent... As rigorously close-up historical narrative, this is exemplary stuff." THE GUARDIAN "Adamson's book has much to offer." FINANCIAL TIMES " a daunting range of references and a fluent prose style. This is history at its biggest and boldest." THE FIRST POST "In a charismatic way, Adamson tells the gripping story of those tense days of the 1630s and 1640s... This is revisionism with a scholarly slant." THE GOOD BOOK GUIDE
John Adamson is a Fellow of Peterhouse, Cambridge, and has written extensively on sixteenth- and seventeenth-century political and cultural history. He is a winner of the Royal Historical Society's Alexander Prize and the University of Cambridge's Seeley Medal for History.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780297842620 |
| ISBN 10 | 0297842625 |
| Title | The Noble Revolt |
| Author | John Adamson |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Orion Publishing Co |
| Year published | 2007-03-29 |
| Number of pages | 768 |
| Prizes | Winner of Samuel Pepys Award 2007 |
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