Friends In Youth: Choosing Sides The English Civil War Minoo Dinshaw Allen Lane Αγγλικά Βιβλία History World

\ An Outstanding Dual Biography Dinshaw’s Book Is Profoundly Entertaining Startling In Its Depth And A Necessary Cautionary Tale About The Human Cost Of Political Division\ - Daniel Brookes Telegraph Two Old Friends End Up On Opposite Sides English Civil War This Dazzling History From Acclaimed Author Outlandish Knightat Inns Court Intellectual Literary Social Heart Early 17Th Century London Many Pivotal Friendships Were Forged: Few Closer Than That Bulstrode Whitelocke Edward (Ned) Hyde Both Young Men Lively Characters Industrious Well-Connected Principled Optimistic They Dreamed Reforming Government Charles I With Age-Old Problems By Restoring Traditional Harmony Crown Parliament Story How Their Hopes Climbed Overreached Fell Into Abyss Relentless Highly Original Vivid Engaging Recreates Atmosphere Drama Players Ideas What Arguably England’s (And Britain’s) Most Crucial Traumatic Formative Period Through Stories His Protagonists Minoo Dinshaw Shows Subtle Religious Differences Careful Personal Judgments Mere Happenstance Combined To Place These Reluctantly Wars Would Survive Unlike Thousands Others Age Become Influential Historians Shaping We Still Understand Conflicts But Friendship Like Once Hopeful Country Which It Had First Flourished Be Forever Changed: Permanently Marred Believed Senseless Unnecessary Strife Σελίδες: 544 Διαστάσεις: 16 2X16 2Cm