The Blood in Winter: The thrilling story of England's descent into civil war
Jonathan Healey
Jun 2025 · Bloomsbury GB Audio · Narrated by Mark Meadows
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Bloomsbury presents The Blood in Winter by Jonathan Healey, read by Mark Meadows.
‘You could hardly find a more engrossing or exciting story’ Dominic Sandbrook, Sunday Times
‘Rollicking’ Telegraph
‘Gripping’ Financial Times
‘History as it should be told’ Alice Loxton
A thrilling political history about the months that brought England to the cusp of civil war, from the acclaimed author of The Blazing World
A BOOK OF THE YEAR FOR: THE TIMES/SUNDAY TIMES, TELEGRAPH AND HISTORY TODAY
A nation on the cusp of war.
A king ousted from his capital by the people.
A society on the brink of collapse.
Why did the English Civil War break out? From Jonathan Healey comes a thrilling portrait of an English people’s great political awakening, and of a nation that splintered into bloodshed at a terrifying speed.
‘You could hardly find a more engrossing or exciting story’ Dominic Sandbrook, Sunday Times
‘Rollicking’ Telegraph
‘Gripping’ Financial Times
‘History as it should be told’ Alice Loxton
A thrilling political history about the months that brought England to the cusp of civil war, from the acclaimed author of The Blazing World
A BOOK OF THE YEAR FOR: THE TIMES/SUNDAY TIMES, TELEGRAPH AND HISTORY TODAY
A nation on the cusp of war.
A king ousted from his capital by the people.
A society on the brink of collapse.
Why did the English Civil War break out? From Jonathan Healey comes a thrilling portrait of an English people’s great political awakening, and of a nation that splintered into bloodshed at a terrifying speed.
Bloomsbury presents The Blood in Winter by Jonathan Healey, read by Mark Meadows.
‘You could hardly find a more engrossing or exciting story’ Dominic Sandbrook, Sunday Times
‘Rollicking’ Telegraph
‘Gripping’ Financial Times
‘History as it should be told’ Alice Loxton
A thrilling political histo...
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About the author
Born in Leeds in 1982, Jonathan Healey is a historian of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. He writes history from the bottom up, focusing on ordinary people – their lives, loves, culture and politics. He is Associate Professor in Social History at the University of Oxford, and was formerly picked as one of the winners of BBC Radio 3's New Generation Thinkers Competition.
Born in Leeds in 1982, Jonathan Healey is a historian of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. He writes history from the bottom up, focusing on ordinary people – their lives, loves, culture and politics. He is Associate Professor in Social History at the University of Oxford, and was formerly...
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