{"product_id":"devilland-england-under-siege-15881688-9780141984575","title":"Devil-Land: England Under Siege, 1588-1688","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003eIn Clare Jackson's Devil-Land, 17th-century England is portrayed as a nation in a state of near-continual crisis, characterized by civil wars, regicide, and a republican Commonwealth. The book reveals England as a failed state, but also as a place where creativity flourished amidst tragedy. \u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLength\u003c\/strong\u003e: 704 pages\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication date\u003c\/strong\u003e: 29 September 2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: Penguin Books Ltd\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner of the Wolfson History Prize 2022\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA Book of the Year 2021\u003c\/strong\u003e, as chosen by The Times, The New Statesman, The Telegraph, and The Times Literary Supplement.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA Major Historical Advance.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOurs, it turns out, is a very un-insular Island Story.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAnd its 17th-century chapter will never look quite the same again.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJohn Adamson, Sunday Times\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA Ground-Breaking Portrait of the Most Turbulent Century in English History\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAmong foreign observers, seventeenth-century England was known as Devil-Land: a diabolical country of fallen angels, torn apart by seditious rebellion, religious extremism, and royal collapse.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eClare Jackson's dazzling, original account of English history's most turbulent and radical era tells the story of a nation in a state of near continual crisis.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAs an unmarried heretic with no heir, Elizabeth I was regarded with horror by Catholic Europe, while her Stuart successors, James I and Charles I, were seen as impecunious and incompetent.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe traumatic civil wars, regicide, and a republican Commonwealth were followed by the floundering, foreign-leaning rule of Charles II and his brother, James II, before William of Orange invaded England with a Dutch army and a new order was imposed.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDevil-Land\u003c\/strong\u003e reveals England as, in many ways, a failed state: endemically unstable and rocked by devastating events from the Gunpowder Plot to the Great Fire of London.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCatastrophe nevertheless bred creativity, and Jackson makes brilliant use of eyewitness accounts - many penned by stupefied foreigners - to dramatize her great story.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStarting on the eve of the Spanish Armada in 1588 and concluding with a not-so \"Glorious Revolution\" a hundred years later, Devil-Land\u003c\/strong\u003e is a spectacular reinterpretation of England's vexed and enthralling past.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight\u003c\/strong\u003e: 508g\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimension\u003c\/strong\u003e: 128 x 198 x 47 (mm)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: 9780141984575\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Clare Jackson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":44100955963642,"sku":"9780141984575","price":13.9,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0522\/4297\/2845\/products\/1664532938184_book.jpg?v=1664623349","url":"https:\/\/shulphink.com\/products\/devilland-england-under-siege-15881688-9780141984575","provider":"Shulph Ink","version":"1.0","type":"link"}