{"product_id":"war-and-revolution-in-the-captivating-history-9798893586336","title":"War and Revolution in the British Isles: A Captivating Guide to the English Civil War, the Easter Rising of 1916, and the Irish War of Independence","description":"\u003cb\u003eThree conflicts. Two islands. One question that would not die: who has the right to rule? This 3-in-1 book tells the story of the wars that toppled a king and forged a republic.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThree manuscripts in one book: \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe English Civil War: A Captivating Guide to the Conflict Between Royalists and Parliamentarians That Shaped England's Future\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Easter Rising of 1916: A Captivating Guide to the Irish Rebellion That Sparked the Fight for Independence\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Irish War of Independence: A Captivating Guide to Ireland's Struggle for Freedom from British Rule (1919-1921)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat happens when a people decide that no king, and no empire, has the right to rule them? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAcross three centuries, the British Isles were torn apart by the same collision: the authority of the Crown against the conviction that power must answer to the people. This book brings together three defining conflicts that executed a king, forged a republic, and reshaped the very idea of who holds power in the English-speaking world. Read together, they trace one long argument over a single question, fought first with armies, then with rifles in the street. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart One: The English Civil War\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen Parliament refused to bow, a king went to war with his own people.\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe Road to War.\u003c\/b\u003e Why Charles I ruled without Parliament for eleven years, and how that gamble backfired into open conflict.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eEdgehill, Marston Moor, and Naseby.\u003c\/b\u003e The brilliant tactics and catastrophic blunders of Cavaliers and Roundheads, and the battle that shattered the king's army.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eA Kingdom Without a King.\u003c\/b\u003e The execution of Charles I, the birth of the Commonwealth, and why it broke the belief in divine monarchy across Europe.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart Two: The Easter Rising of 1916\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTwo and a half centuries later, the same question crossed the Irish Sea.\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe Secret Networks.\u003c\/b\u003e The Irish Republican Brotherhood, the Volunteers, and James Connolly's Citizen Army, who planned a rebellion beneath British surveillance.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eSix Days That Burned Dublin.\u003c\/b\u003e The seizure of the GPO, the British gunboat on the Liffey, and the surrender that ended Easter Week.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eHow Defeat Became Victory.\u003c\/b\u003e The executions at Kilmainham Gaol that turned the rebels into martyrs and lit the fuse for a war of independence.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart Three: The Irish War of Independence\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat a failed rebellion began, a guerrilla war would finish.\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eFrom Home Rule to Open Revolt.\u003c\/b\u003e How Sinn Féin won the hearts of the public and the fight moved from the ballot box to the gun.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eMichael Collins and the Guerrilla War.\u003c\/b\u003e The flying columns, the intelligence war, and the ruthless campaign against the Black and Tans.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe Treaty and the Split.\u003c\/b\u003e The high-stakes Anglo-Irish negotiations that created the Irish Free State while the north stayed British, and the bitter civil war the Treaty left behind.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTogether, these three conflicts reveal how one question - whether kings, parliaments, or the people themselves should govern - remade Britain and Ireland and reshaped the modern world. From the battlefields of seventeenth-century England to the streets of revolutionary Dublin, this is the connected story of an idea that could not be put down. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAdd it to your cart and step into three revolutions that decided who holds power.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Captivating History\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798893586336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Captivating History\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/26\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 244\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.73lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.51d","brand":"Captivating History","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49002371449087,"sku":"9798893586336","price":21.55,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/war-and-revolution-in-the-captivating-history-9798893586336","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}