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by Peter Ackroyd [Ackroyd, Peter]| 2014| 5.8209| other

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<p></p><p>In this book, Peter Ackroyd has captured the period as only he can. From the accession of the thrillingly unappealing James VI &amp; I, who though rather ghastly, was also extraordinarily eloquent, to his hapless heir, Charles I, whose taste in art was peerless, but whose political judgment was so fatally poor, to Oliver Cromwell, far from pretty, ruthless and, ultimately, as much of a despot as "that man of blood," the king he executed, Ackroyd tells the story of the turbulent seventeenth century, in which England suffered through three civil wars—two fought between Parliament and both Charles I and Charles II, and, finally, the "Glorious Rebellion of 1688," which saw Charles II's brother James deposed and sent into exile.<br><i>Civil War</i> doesn't just give us the brutality of politics and war. It also gives us glimpses of the extraordinarily rich literature of the time—Jacobean tragedy, Shakespeare's late masterpieces, the sermons of Dr. Donne and Lancelot...</p></br>

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Author:Peter Ackroyd [Ackroyd, Peter]
Publication Year:2014
ISBN:1250070244
Language:other
File Size:5.8209
Format:PDF
Price:FREE
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