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‘Light in touch, though grounded in an enormous wealth of documentary material this “people's history” shows how England’s men and women coped with quite extraordinary times. Buy The English Civil War: A Peoples History By Diane Purkiss. ‘This book vigorously brings the horror and humanity of the conflict to life.’ Financial Times ‘Narrative history at its best: gripping, heartfelt, complex.’ Mail on Sunday ‘Wonderful.Purkiss offers a sumptuous portrait gallery of the men and women who lived, wrote and died during this turbulent period.A joyous read.’ Daily Telegraph In this innovative study, first published in 2005, Diane Purkiss illuminates the role of gender in the English Civil War by focusing on ideas of masculinity.

‘Purkiss has an eye for the narrative vignette that can illuminate the age.’ Sunday Times She has published two books on the English Civil War - The English Civil War: A Peoples History (2006) and Literature, Gender, and Politics during the English Civil War (2005). ‘You begin to get close to what it would have been like to live through the nine momentous years from 1640 to would be hard to imagine anything more irresistible than this rich layer cake of a book, crammed with the stories and the voices that make history human.’ Guardian The English Civil War: A People’s History (Text Only) 0 by Diane Purkiss ( 220 ) £6.99 £14.99 This popular history of the English Civil War tells the story of the bloody conflict between Oliver Cromwell and Charles I from the perspectives of those involved. Diane Purkiss is a Professor at Keble College, Oxford. ‘Rich, vivid and passionate.a moving, lyrical and principled piece of writing.Purkiss has a gift for evocation.’ Independent

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