Bibliograph

Rebellion, the history of England, from James I to the Glorious Revolution, Peter Ackroyd

Type

Label

Rebellion, the history of England, from James I to the Glorious Revolution, Peter Ackroyd

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 471-479) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Rebellion

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

865158132

Responsibility statement

Peter Ackroyd

Sub title

the history of England, from James I to the Glorious Revolution

Summary

Examines the Stuart dynasty during a turbulent seventeenth century marked by civil war, the execution of Charles I, the rule of Oliver Cromwell, and the deposition and exile of James II

Table Of Contents

A new Solomon -- The plot -- The beacons -- The god of money -- The angel -- The vapours -- What news? -- A Bohemian tragedy -- The Spanish travellers -- An interlude -- Vivat Rex -- A fall from grace -- Take that slime away -- I am the man -- The crack of doom -- The shrimp -- Sudden flashings -- Venture all -- A great and dangerous treason -- Madness and fury -- A world of change -- Worse and worse news -- A world of mischief -- Neither hot nor cold -- The gates of Hell -- The women of war -- The face of God -- The mansion house of liberty -- A game to play -- To kill a king -- This house to be let -- Fear and trembling -- Healing and settling -- Is it possible? -- The young gentleman -- Oh, prodigious change! -- On the road -- To rise and piss -- And not dead yet? -- The true force -- Hot news -- New infirmities -- Or at the Cock? -- Noise rhymes to noise -- The Protestant wind

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