Rebellion The History Of England From James I To The Glorious Revolution.

Peter Ackroyd has been praised as one of the greatest living chroniclers of Britain and its people. In Rebellion , 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. The Stuart monarchy brought together the two nations of Engl...