Contents 1
1 The beginning of the problem 1
2 Parliament is dismissed 8
3 Charles and the Earl of Stafford 13
4 The Battle of Edgehill 19
5 Oliver Cromwell 24
6 From Edgehill to Marston Moor 29
7 The King is defeated 35
8 The peace talks 41
9 The second Civil War 48
10 The execution of King Charles 54
11 The Lord Protector 63
12 Cromwell is dead——Long Live the King ！ 69
13 Life in the 17th century 76
14 Who's who in the English Revolution 89
Key to the Exercises 92