Rebellion : the history of England from James I to the Glorious Revolution / Peter Ackroyd.
| Author/creator | Ackroyd, Peter, 1949- |
| Other author | Ackroyd, Peter, 1949- |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | New York, N.Y. : Thomas Dunne Books, an imprint of St. Martin's Press, 2014. |
| Description | ix, 502 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | A new Solomon -- The plot -- The beacon -- 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 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. |
| Abstract | 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. |
| General note | First published in Great Britain by Macmillan as a set, complete in 6 volumes, under the common title: The history of England; Rebellion is volume 3 in that series. |
| General note | Includes index. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 471-479) and index. |
| LCCN | 2014026045 |
| ISBN | 9781250003638 (hardcover) |
| ISBN | 1250003636 (hardcover) |