The fiery spirits : popular protest, Parliament and the English Revolution /

"The renowned historian John Rees tells the story of radical member of parliament Henry Marten and his allies, who played a pivotal role in the English Civil Wars. This brilliant work of narrative history portrays the people who brought the nation to the brink and whose dream of a kingdom without a...

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Main Author:	Rees, John, 1957- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	London ; New York : Verso, 2025.
Subjects:	Great Britain > History > Puritan Revolution, 1642-1660. Great Britain > History > Civil War, 1642-1649. Great Britain > Politics and government > 1642-1660. Levellers. Marten, Henry, > 1602-1680. Legislators > Great Britain > Biography. 1642-1660 Politics and government. Legislators. Great Britain. Biographies. History.
Summary:	"The renowned historian John Rees tells the story of radical member of parliament Henry Marten and his allies, who played a pivotal role in the English Civil Wars. This brilliant work of narrative history portrays the people who brought the nation to the brink and whose dream of a kingdom without a crown set Britain alight in a revolution that shook the seventeenth-century world"--