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The English Civil War

Rana Mitter talks to three historians, Jonathan Healey, Anna Keay and Clare Jackson, about politics, religion and divisions in 17th-century England.

The Restless Republic: The People鈥檚 Republic of Britain, by Anna Keay, was shortlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction 2022.

Devil-Land: England Under Siege, 1588-1688, by Clare Jackson, was the winner of the 2022 Wolfson History Prize.

New Generation Thinker Jonathan Healey has just published The Blazing World: A New History of Revolutionary England.

Producer: Luke Mulhall

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44 minutes

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Tue 31 Jan 2023 22:00

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  • Tue 31 Jan 2023 22:00

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