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Puritans and Roundheads

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This enthralling masterpiece by established historian Dr. Jacqueline Eales concentrates on a defining period in English history. Eales focusses on a volatile time with the lead up to the English Civil War and with great depth of understanding brings alive the political, religious and idealogical conflicts of the time. By taking the Harley clan of Brampton Bryan as an example of one family who supported Parliament against the King, Eales skillfully illustrates how courage and belief are lasting virtues in difficult times. Eales' shrewd analysis and confident style is an example to any aspiring writer. Published by Hardinge and Simpole.

dr eales is a great authority on this period. this book covers a fascinating period of the civil war in england and it is well up to her usual standard. any one interested in this period of english history should order this masterpiece at once!! it is also a great example of feminism at work in the english 17th century-what a powerful and competent figure brilliana harley must have been.the book is a wonderful tribute to her determination in the face of terrible odds.

"As a young man Sydney Bolt witnessed some of the most remarkable events in recent world history. He reached India at a time when the Japanese armed forces were powering through Southeast Asia and dealing a humiliating blow to European colonial empires from which they would never recover. His memoir covers the period of the rise of nationalist revolt in India and the climax of Gandhi's civil disobedience movement. He was on the Burma front as British and Indian armies began finally to push the Japanese back in some of the bloodiest fighting of the Second World War. What makes Mr Bolt's memoir so significant is the perspective from which he viewed these events. Most memoirs of this period were written by soldiers, administrators and journalists, who accepted or at least acquiesced in the existence of the British Empire. Mr Bolt did not. He was a communist who had struck up friendships with Indian communists while he was at Cambridge University. Despatched to the East by the authorities, his aim was to 'bore into the British Empire from within." - from the Preface by Professor C. A. Bayly.
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