A revisionist history that shows a gradual increase in opposition and a shift towards conflict, which few expected or wanted. This happened despite the growing absolutism of the Stuarts, the threats to Parliament and the established political order, as well as religious questioning. This study is investigative, full of fascinating and even unpredictable details, with the main protagonists coming to life and readers feeling involved in an existential crisis of the state(s) of Britain.

The study of the Three Kingdoms covers the main themes of religious confrontations with Laud, Wentworth, and Strafford - influential personalities - of ecclesiastical reform, sectarian religions and the explosion of "news" and pamphlets, the King and the Lords and Commons, the often controversial influence of the Queen, the absolutism and rigidity of Charles, as well as iconic events such as the Great Exclusion, the arrest of the Five Members, Charles's departure from London, and the raising of the Royal Standard for war.

Pages: 304, Dimensions: 15.6x15.6cm