A fantastic read, I learned so much! I really appreciated the variety of figures that Anna Keay chose to focus on, it really helped flesh out a vision of this time from lots of different angles. I'm really pleased to have a better depth of knowledge about this really fascinating and unprecedented time - one thing that occurs again and again is how much there wasn't an overarching plan! The execution of Charles I opened up a vacuum and invited people to imagine a new way of being and governing and it was really fascinating to see how different factions responded to it.