Marcus Nevitt

How fears of popery led to a century of turmoil in ‘the land of fallen angels’

Clare Jackson traces the turbulence of 17th-century England back to the beheading of Mary, Queen of Scots on the orders of Elizabeth I

Clare Jackson traces the turbulence of 17th-century England back to the execution of Mary, Queen of Scots in 1587. [Bridgeman]
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  • Devil-Land: England Under Siege, 1588-1688

    Clare Jackson

    Allen Lane, pp. 688, £35

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