03535cam a2200361 4500 528850338 TxAuBib 20211108120000.0 ||||||s2014||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781483033990 1483033996 da6de089-0350-433f-bd7a-2403f648c4eb OverDrive (Reserve ID) 9781982515621 9781982515621 1946698 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Ackroyd, Peter. Rebellion [OverDrive] : The History of England from James I to the Glorious Revolution. Blackstone Publishing, 2014. Format: OverDrive OverDrive MP3 Audiobook, Filesize: 522MB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Listen, Filesize: 522MB. History. Nonfiction. HTML:<p>Peter Ackroyd has been praised as one of the greatest living chroniclers of Britain and its people. In <i>Rebellion</i>, he continues his dazzling account of the history of England, beginning the progress south of the Scottish king James VI, who on the death of Elizabeth I became the first Stuart king of England, and ending with the deposition and flight into exile of his grandson James II.</p> <p>The Stuart monarchy brought together the two nations of England and Scotland into one realm, albeit a realm still marked by political divisions that echo to this day. More importantly perhaps, the Stuart era was marked by the cruel depredations of civil war and the killing of a king. Shrewd and opinionated, James I was eloquent on matters as diverse as theology, witchcraft, and the abuses of tobacco, but his attitude to the English parliament sowed the seeds of the division that would split the country during the reign of his hapless heir, Charles I. Ackroyd offers a brilliant, warts-and-all portrayal of Charles's nemesis, Oliver Cromwell, Parliament's great military leader and England's only dictator, who began his career as a political liberator but ended it as much of a despot as "that man of blood," the king he executed.</p> <p>England's turbulent seventeenth century is vividly laid out before us, but so too is the cultural and social life of the period, notable for its extraordinarily rich literature, including Shakespeare's late masterpieces, Jacobean tragedy, the poetry of John Donne and Milton, and Thomas Hobbes's great philosophical treatise, <i>Leviathan</i>. <i>Rebellion</i> also gives us a very real sense of the lives of ordinary English men and women, lived out against a backdrop of constant disruption and uncertainty.</p>. Media Type: Audiobook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2021-11-04 17:40:22. Chafer Clive. https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-25/0887-1/1946698-Rebellion.wma Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/0887-1/1946698-Rebellion.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=DA6DE089-0350-433F-BD7A-2403F648C4EB&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-25/0887-1/1946698-Rebellion.wma Excerpt (OverDrive Listen) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/0887-1/1946698-Rebellion.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive Listen) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=DA6DE089-0350-433F-BD7A-2403F648C4EB&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Listen)