'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 people's great political awakening, and of a nation that splintered into bloodshed at a terrifying speed.