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The Downfall of the Crown: a History of the English Revolution from 1640 to 1649

(french) Guizot

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This book narrates the history of the British bourgeois revolution that began in 1640, and reviews the reactionary rule after Charles I came to the throne, the rise of the emerging bourgeoisie, and the process of the alliance between the bourgeoisie and the new aristocracy. It mainly describes the causes of the revolution, the struggle within Parliament, the first civil war, the rise of Cromwell, conflicts within the army, and the guillotine of Charles I and other major events. 1640~1649, Why did such drastic changes occur in just nine years? This book will give you an answer.