The Blood in Winter

'An old-fashioned Westminster thriller. You could hardly find a more engrossing or exciting story' Dominic Sandbrook, Sunday Times
'Energetic and exceptional . . . A rollicking history, packed with fire and excitement' Telegraph
A nation on the cusp of war.
A king ousted from his capital by the people.
A society on the brink of collapse.
Why did the English Civil War break out? From Jonathan Healey comes a thrilling portrait of an English people's great political awakening, and of a nation that splintered into bloodshed at a terrifying speed.
'Teems with larger-than-life personalities and dramatic incident . . . The House of Cards-ish drama remains gripping to the last' Literary Review
'A galloping narrative . . . Gives us gripping history from below as well as above' Financial Times

Born in Leeds in 1982, Jonathan Healey is a historian of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. He writes history from the bottom up, focusing on ordinary people - their lives, loves, culture and politics. He is Associate Professor in Social History at the University of Oxford. His previous book, The Blazing World: A New History of Revolutionary England, was selected as a book of the year by the Telegraph, Economist and New Yorker. He lives in Oxford.