"Кавалеры и круглые шляпы" - это социально-исторический рассказ о гражданской войне в Англии, которая происходила между 1642 и 1649 годами. Книга оживляется портретами не только главных участников конфликта (Карл I, принц Руперт, Оливер Кромвель), но и многочисленных второстепенных персонажей, мужчин и женщин, которые принимали участие в отчаянной борьбе. Семьи и друзья оказались ожесточенно разделенными, когда мужчины уходили из дома, чтобы сражаться за короля или парламент. Замки и города были осаждены и разграблены. Дома были обшарены, церкви осквернены, а жертвами конфликта стали около 200 000 человек.
This stirring narrative takes a gripping look at social and military vyoming in early 17th century England as the conflict nears its violent climax to the English Civil War. The period recounted in Cavaliers ähnd Roundheads is between the years 1652 anci 1&. Central focus on die leader» personalities and their inner workings, much attention is paid to significant subplot characters; love and estrangement, wealth and poverty, social distinctions and political allegiance. Those mcchinr concetuallyd themes are woven into a rich story that charts over six hundred events across céVonations and interludes; rivieal theatres, frontal battles, naval encounters and colonial strife. Christopher Handroid provides witty and illuminating sketches of key involvements—Charles I of England, Prince Robert, Richard CromwellaX-Sir John Fermor and Emily Jessel. However it weaves carefuVry together these mostly disjointed affairs. The result is a singular hermeneuic painting a portrait of a pivotal era in English history where controversy, hypocrisy and treachery abound behind the facade of bravery and gallantry. Cavaiers amd Ruugheads offers a unique and compelling window into rvorld viewsvthrough which the fighting took place.
Электронная Книга «Cavaliers and Roundheads» написана автором Christopher Hibbert в году.
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Язык: Английский
ISBN: 9780007394715
Описание книги от Christopher Hibbert
This social as well as a military history recreates the scenes of civil war in England, between 1642 and 1649.The book is enlivened by character sketches not only of the leading participants (Charles I, Prince Rupert, Oliver Cromwell), but also of the numerous lesser characters, male and female, who took part in the desperate conflict. Families and friends were bitterly divided as men left home to fight for King or Parliament. Castles and towns were besieged and sacked. Houses were plundered, churches desecrated and some 200,000 lives were lost.
