The Fiery Spirits: Popular Protest, Parliament and the English Revolution (1st edition hardback in very good dust jacket)

Rees, John

ISBN 10: 1839763159 / ISBN 13: 9781839763151

Published by Verso Books, 2025

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Published by Verso Books in 2025, here is the first hardback printing of John Rees' THE FIERY SPIRITS: Popular Protest, Parliament and the English Revolution. Green paper covered boards, silver spine lettering 548 pages the book is in very good condition with the name of a previous owner inked to the front free end paper. The dust jacket is also very good with some shelf wear/ finger marking to the edges of the covers plus a single small chip.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Fiery Spirits: Popular Protest, Parliament and the English Revolution (1st edition hardback in very good dust jacket)
• Publisher: Verso Books
• Publication Date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1839763159
• ISBN 13: 9781839763151
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

The thrilling history of Parliament’s ‘fiery spirits’, whose actions led to the defeat of Charles I in the English Civil War and paved the way for the execution of the King in 1649

The Fiery Spirits tells the story of the MPs in parliament and the protestors in the streets who played a pivotal role in the English Civil Wars. Through their stories, John Rees reveals the hidden history of the republicans who brought a desperate nation to the brink of revolution.

At the start of the English Civil Wars, very few could have imagined that the country would soon become a republic. Practically alone in his republicanism was Henry Marten, MP and future regicide. But he soon gathered around him a group of radical Parliamentarians that included William Strode, the parliamentary firebrand, Alexander Rigby, the formidable soldier, and Sir Peter Wentworth, descendant of a long line of opponents of monarchy. They formed the nucleus of a group that allied itself to a popular movement outside parliament to defeat the king politically and militarily.

In The Fiery Spirits, Rees tells how Marten and his radical allies overcame both moderate Parliamentarians and Royalists to change the face of England forever, establishing a kingdom without a crown.

About the Author

John Rees is an historian, broadcaster and campaigner. He is coauthor of A People's History of London and author of The Leveller Revolution and Timelines: A Political History of the Modern World, among other titles. He is a Visiting Research Fellow at Goldsmith's, University of London and a National Officer of the Stop the War Coalition.