History of the English People, Volume VI / Puritan England, 1642-1660; The Revolution, 1660-1683

A narrative history of mid-seventeenth-century England recounts the outbreak and course of the civil wars, the formation and politicization of armies, the execution of the king, and the experiments of the Commonwealth and Protectorate. It follows military campaigns and regional loyalties, parliamentary measures and fiscal demands, and the tensions between civilians and soldiers that reshaped governance. The account continues through the Restoration and subsequent crises of the 1660s–1680s, combining chronological chapters on battles, political institutions, and public crises with maps and commentary on social and religious fracture.