The Blazing World by Jonathan Healey

An acclaimed, exhilarating history of England's turbulent seventeenth century. From the Civil War and the Glorious Revolution to the new ideas fizzing from the alehouses and coffee shops of plague-ridden London, The Blazing World traces how the 1600s changed a nation forever. 

'A wonderful book, exhaustively researched, vigorously argued and teeming with the furious joy of seventeenth-century life' THE TIMES

'A sparkling account of a period that is crucial for any understanding of the history of England, Europe and the world beyond' PETER FRANKOPAN

'Masterly...Healey illuminates the lives of ordinary people as well as the fiercely contested battles of high politics' FINANCIAL TIMES

'The most entertaining history of seventeenth-century England I have Read' TOM HOLLAND

Paperback published by Bloomsbury