In the book, to accompany a season of drama documentaries on Channel 4, Stevie Davies tells the political and social history of England from James IV of Scotland's ascension to the English throne as James I, through the English Civil War, the Commonwealth and subsequent Restoration of the monarchy, to the Glorious Revolution of 1688. The book is a lively narrative covering all the events of the century but with extended descriptive chapters with featuring new evidence and insight from contemporary experts on the Gunpowder Plot, Oliver Cromwell, the Plague and the Great Fire of London.
- ISBN10 0752220225
- ISBN13 9780752220222
- Publish Date 12 October 2001
- Publish Status Unknown
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Pan Macmillan
- Imprint Channel 4 Books
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 224
- Language English