Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Blood in Winter: A Nation Descends, 1642

You could hardly find a more engrossing or exciting story DOMINIC SANDBROOK, SUNDAY TIMES Rollicking TELEGRAPH Gripping FINANCIAL TIMES History as it should be told ALICE LOXTON A thrilling political history about the months that brought England to the cusp of civil war, from the acclaimed author of The Blazing World A BOOK OF THE YEAR FOR: THE TIMES/SUNDAY TIMES, TELEGRAPH AND HISTORY TODAY A nation on the cusp of war. A king ousted from his capital by the people. A society on the brink of collapse. Why did the English Civil War break out? From Jonathan Healey comes a thrilling portrait of an English peoples great political awakening, and of a nation that splintered into bloodshed at a terrifying speed. Autorid: Jonathan Healey