| Name | The Blood in Winter: A Nation Descends, 1642 |
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| Author | Jonathan Healey |
| Genre | History |
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| Rating | excellent |
| Status | finished |
| Status Date | 29 October 2025 |
| Comment | Vivid description of the period in 1642 that led up to the outbreak of the English civil war. It gives special attention to two men who ended up as important supporters of King Charles: John Bankes and Edward Nicholas. We see how Parliament gradually came to believe that any compromises that the King might make were only to buy time until he could destroy them, and so they must take up arms against him. |
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