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What a mess of an article. If you're looking for a history of the English civil war that's more easily understandable than the article and genuinely engaging, I can't recommend Mike Duncan's podcast on it enough[1].

1. http://www.sal.wisc.edu/~jwp/revolutions-episode-index.html

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It's a review of three books, not a beginners guide to that period. I enjoyed and it made me want to read the books, so I guess it did its job.

It also contains a philosopher related pun which is either one of the best or worst I've ever heard. As great puns should be like that, it's probably the latter.

Chapo Trap House recently did a series too: https://hellonearth.chapotraphouse.com/views/podcast/

It's a book review.

Specifically of:

“The Blazing World: A New History of Revolutionary England, 1603-1689” by Jonathan Healey https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/659745/the-blazing-...

“The Making of Oliver Cromwell” by Ronald Hutton https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300266443/the-making-of-...

“Super-Infinite: The Transformations of John Donne” by Katherine Rundel ‎https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374607401/superinfinite

Yes, I actually intend to read the book in question (with some salt on the side) but I'm waiting until I finish the Wolf Hall books because I don't want any Cromwell spoilers! An absurd situation but there it is.

That is an excellent problem to have! :-)

The series is great too !

I rather liked it, but that's not a fair opinion, because way back when dinosaurs roamed the earth I did a BA in a nearly adjacent historical area. Not quite going in cold.

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