The History of the Rebellion
A new selection
Edward Hyde, Earl of Clarendon and Paul Seaward
Edited by Paul Seaward
12 February 2009
ISBN: 9780199228171
544 pages
Paperback
196x129mm
In Stock
Price: £12.99Clarendon's History chonicles the English Civil War from the perspective of someone intimately involved in the events he describes. This classic work is admired for its literary quality as well as its historical value; this new selection also contains passages from The Life, Clarendon's autobiography, to produce a vivid narrative history.
Description
Clarendon's History chonicles the English Civil War from the perspective of someone intimately involved in the events he describes. This classic work is admired for its literary quality as well as its historical value; this new selection also contains passages from The Life, Clarendon's autobiography, to produce a vivid narrative history.
- Clarendon's History of the Rebellion is one of the best-known historical narratives and one of the greatest. Written by someone intimately connected with the momentous events it describes, the History is also notable for its literary qualities and vivid potraits of some of the key players.
- An enormous work, this is the only affordable selection currently in print, and the first popular edition since that of G. Huehns in 1953.
- Paul Seaward's new selection includes all the famous passages concerning e.g. Falkland, Charles I, and Cromwell, but also provides a readable narrative account of the Civil War by interweaving Clarendon's History with his Life more fully than in Clarendon's composite published History, to link his personal story to the greater struggle going on around him.
- The selection includes the account of Clarendon's friendships with the London literary world of the 1630s.
- A substantial introduction sets Clarendon's achievement in its political and literary context; a glossary of main characters and index enhances the volume's usefulness.
About the Author(s)
Edward Hyde, Earl of Clarendon and Paul Seaward, Director, History of Parliament Trust
Edited by Paul Seaward, Director, History of Parliament TrustRelated Titles
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