{"product_id":"the-blazing-world-a-new-history-of-revolutionary-england-16031689","title":"The Blazing World: A New History of Revolutionary England  1603-1689","description":"\u003cp\u003eAN ECONOMIST AND NEW YORKER BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR  A fresh  exciting  readable and informative history (The New York Times) of seventeenth-century England  a time of revolution when society was on fire and simultaneously forging the modern world.  Recaptures a lost moment when a radically democratic commonwealth seemed possible.Adam Gopnik  The New Yorker  Healy makes a convincing argument that the turbulent era qualifies as truly revolutionary  not simply because of its cascading political upheavals  but in terms of far-reaching changes within society.... Wryly humorous and occasionally bawdy The Wall Street Journal  The seventeenth century was a revolutionary age for the English. It started as they suddenly found themselves ruled by a Scotsman  and it ended in the shadow of an invasion by the Dutch. Under James I  England suffered terrorism and witch panics. Under his son Charles  state and society collapsed into civil war  to be followed by an army coup and regicide. For a short timefor the only time in historyEngland was a republic. There were bitter struggles over faith and Parliament asserted itself like never before. There were no boundaries to politics. In fiery  plague-ridden London  in coffee shops and alehouses  new ideas were forged that were angry  populist  and almost impossible for monarchs to control.  But the story of this century is less well known than it should be. Myths have grown around key figures. People may know about the Gunpowder Plot and the Great Fire of London  but the Civil War is a half-remembered mystery to many. And yet the seventeenth century has never seemed more relevant. The British constitution is once again being bent and contorted  and there is a clash of ideologies reminiscent of when Roundhead fought Cavalier.  The Blazing World is the story of this strange  twisting  fascinating century. It shows a society in sparkling detail. It was a new world of wealth  creativity  and daring curiosity  but also of greed  pugnacious arrogance  and colonial violence.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44986015711285,"sku":"ByrdShop_0593318358","price":38.83,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780593318355.jpg?v=1770881790","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-blazing-world-a-new-history-of-revolutionary-england-16031689","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}