'Light in touch, though grounded in an enormous wealth of documentary material this people's history shows how England's men and women coped with quite extraordinary times. Book Cover of Diane Purkiss, Illustrated - The English Civil War: A. 'This book vigorously brings the horror and humanity of the conflict to life.' Financial Times The 20 best english civil war books recommended by Marina Amaral and Anne Thriault. The English Civil War: A Peoples History Diane Purkiss Published by HarperCollins Publishers (2007) ISBN 10: 0007150628 ISBN 13: 9780007150625 New Paperback / softback Quantity: > 20 Seller: THE SAINT BOOKSTORE (Southport, United Kingdom) Rating Seller Rating: Book Description Paperback / softback. 'Narrative history at its best: gripping, heartfelt, complex.' Mail on Sunday

'Wonderful.Purkiss offers a sumptuous portrait gallery of the men and women who lived, wrote and died during this turbulent period.A joyous read.' Daily Telegraph 'Purkiss has an eye for the narrative vignette that can illuminate the age.' Sunday Times Professor Diane Purkiss Professor of English Literature Tutorial Fellow, Keble College .ac. 'You begin to get close to what it would have been like to live through the nine momentous years from 1640 to would be hard to imagine anything more irresistible than this rich layer cake of a book, crammed with the stories and the voices that make history human.' Guardian 'Rich, vivid and passionate.a moving, lyrical and principled piece of writing.Purkiss has a gift for evocation.' Independent The English Civil War was the conflict between King Charles I of England and a large body of his subjects, generally called the parliamentarians, that culminated in the defeat and execution of the king and the establishment of a republican commonwealth. A remarkable popular history of the English Civil War, from the perspectives of those involved in this most significant turning point in British history.This compelling history of the.

The English Civil War by Diane Purkiss