Table of Contents

Prologue
I: Background and Beginnings 1625-1640
1: King Charles's Inheritance, i: Three Kingdoms, Three Peoples
2: King Charles's Inheritance, ii: The Matter of Religion
3: The New Reign
4: Storm over Scotland
5: The Bishops' Wars
II: War in Three Kingdoms 1640-1646
6: Climacteric
7: Three Kingdoms in Crisis
8: The Blast of War
9: The Conflict Widens
10: Towards a Resolution
III: Towards a Kingless Britain 1646-1649
11: Between Two Wars
12: Climacteric II: 'Not a Mere Mercenary Army'
13: The Second Civil War
14: Quest for a Settlement
IV: The Commonwealth 1649-1653
15: The Commonwealth at War
16: The Commonwealth in Crisis
17: 'A Story of My Own Weakness and Folly'?
V: Cromwell's Protectorate 1653-1658
18: A New Order in Three Nations
19: The First Phase of Cromwellian Rule
20: 'A Single Person and a Parliament'
21: Royalists in Arms, Swordsmen in the Saddle
22: King or Constable?
23: The Protectorate in Scotland, Ireland, and Europe
24: Unfinished Business
VI: The Collapse of the Good Old Cause 1658-1660
25: The Overthrow of the Protectorate
26: The Commonwealth Restored
27: The Monarchy Restored
Epilogue
Further Reading
Index

Reviews

Britain in Revolution will serve as a useful summary of one of the most confused and confusing periods of British history ... students will find Woolrych a reliable guide. Mark Kishlansky, Times Literary Supplement Britain in Revolution is a huge book in every sense, the distillation of a lifetimes-worth of teaching, researching and writing, resulting in a large, sweeping narrative account of a very high standard ... It is by some margin the longest and most substantial single-volume history we have of these years. Peter Gaunt, Reviews in History Britain in Revolution is a splendid volume and a fitting high point of a very distinguished career. It provides a masterly political (and military) narrative of a complex period. The style is elegant and lucid and it is a joy to read ... From beginning to end, a complex story is related with great skill and a deft and judicious touch, and a mass of detail is carefully controlled, managed and moulded to form a clear and magisterial account. Britain in Revolution is a magnificent achievement and a magnificent book. Peter Gaunt, Reviews in History This is a formidable and convincing study. Whilst the book can be dipped into, because of its clear and precise structure, the whole text should be essential reading for anyone taking an interest in the period. History Review