Empathetic telling of an important part of English history
4 stars
Loved this book and the focus on normal people otherwise not the focus of history. Particularly loved the primary sources and how the author helped me to empathise with people in the story and especially with the figure of King Charles I who isn't often talked about so compassionately
I dropped a star because, coming to this book with little knowledge of the English civil war, I found that I couldn't follow chronologically what was happening - so I wouldn't say that on its own it's enough to understand the conflict. I did find it was an excellent companion/contrast to anything I've read or seen about the English Civil War since. While reading the book I listened to the Revolutions Podcast episodes about the English Civil War - which I found enough to piece together the timeline and fit everything together