FRIENDS IN YOUTH - MINOO DINSHAW

Libro

Editorial	Penguin
Edad	Adultos
Idioma	Inglés Internacional
Autor	DINSHAW MINOO
ISBN	9780141986517
Peso ( kg )	0,2
Formato	Soporte Físico
Año de edición	2026
Tapa	Rústica
Sinopsis	FRIENDS IN YOUTH - CHOOSING SIDES IN THE ENGLISH CIVIL WAR 'An outstanding dual biography... Dinshaw's book is profoundly entertaining, startling in its depth, and a necessary cautionary tale about the human cost of political division' DailyTelegraph Two old friends end up on opposite sides of the English Civil War, in this dazzling history from the acclaimed author of Outlandish Knight At the Inns of Court, the intellectual, literary, and social heart of early 17th century London, many pivotal friendships were forged: few closer than that of Bulstrode Whitelocke and Edward Ned Hyde. Both young men were lively characters, industrious, well-connected, principled and optimistic. They dreamed of reforming the government of Charles I, a young court with age-old problems, by restoring the traditional harmony of Crown and Parliament. This is the story of how their hopes climbed, overreached, and fell into an abyss of relentless civil war. This highly original, vivid and engaging book recreates the atmosphere, drama, players and ideas of what is arguably England's and Britain's most crucial and traumatic formative period. Through the stories of his two protagonists, Minoo Dinshaw shows how subtle religious and political differences, careful personal judgments, and mere happenstance combined to place these two friends, most reluctantly, on opposite sides in the English Civil Wars. They would both survive, unlike many thousands of others, into old age; both would become influential historians, shaping how we still understand the conflicts of their age. But their friendship, like the once hopeful country in which it had first flourished, would be forever changed: permanently marred by what both men believed to be senseless and unnecessary civil strife. Edad recomendada: Adultos.
Cantidad de páginas	544
Fecha Ingreso	01-01-0001