God's Fury, England's Fire

Michael Braddick

Publisher: ALLEN LANE

Publication Date: 28/02/2008

Format: Hardback

A Country Divided

The sequence of civil wars that ripped England apart in the seventeenth century was one of the most traumatic events in this country – on a par with the Black Death and the First World War.

God’s Fury, England’s Fire is named for a pamphlet that was written after Charles I’s surrender. The title summed up the widespread feeling within England that this seemingly endless nightmare – which had destroyed families, towns and livelihoods – was ordained by a vengeful God. But was God angry at Charles I for failing to support the true protestant religion? Or was His wrath directed at those who had dared to challenge His anointed Sovereign?

Michael Braddick’s remarkable book provides a vivid sense of what it was like to live through events of uncontrollable violence and explores what really motivated the different sides. It is a gripping account of the radical revolution that shaped England for centuries to come.

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