The Restoration
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
When the monarchy was swept back into power in 1660, England underwent one of the most dramatic political reversals in its long history — and Douglas Liversidge's The Restoration chronicles this turbulent era with vivid clarity and scholarly precision. Set against the backdrop of a nation exhausted by civil war and Puritan rule, the book presents the return of Charles II to the throne and the sweeping cultural, religious, and political transformations that followed, drawing on the famous epigraph: *The King enjoys his own again.* Liversidge, a prolific author of popular history, brings a narrative directness to a period that reshaped the British Isles — from the re-opening of the theatres to the religious settlements and the simmering tensions that would eventually boil over into further constitutional crises. The Restoration argues that this moment of apparent triumphant renewal was, in truth, a fragile compromise, balanced on competing loyalties and unresolved grievances. Written with the authority of thorough historical research and aimed at readers seeking an accessible yet substantive account, it leaves one wondering: how secure was a monarchy restored not by conquest, but by consent?
Author: Douglas Liversidge
Format: Hardback
Genre: British & Irish history
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
When the monarchy was swept back into power in 1660, England underwent one of the most dramatic political reversals in its long history — and Douglas Liversidge's The Restoration chronicles this turbulent era with vivid clarity and scholarly precision. Set against the backdrop of a nation exhausted by civil war and Puritan rule, the book presents the return of Charles II to the throne and the sweeping cultural, religious, and political transformations that followed, drawing on the famous epigraph: *The King enjoys his own again.* Liversidge, a prolific author of popular history, brings a narrative directness to a period that reshaped the British Isles — from the re-opening of the theatres to the religious settlements and the simmering tensions that would eventually boil over into further constitutional crises. The Restoration argues that this moment of apparent triumphant renewal was, in truth, a fragile compromise, balanced on competing loyalties and unresolved grievances. Written with the authority of thorough historical research and aimed at readers seeking an accessible yet substantive account, it leaves one wondering: how secure was a monarchy restored not by conquest, but by consent?