The Blood in Winter: The thrilling story of England's descent into civil war

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.

© 2025 Bloomsbury Publishing (Lydbog): 9781526672322

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Lydbog: 26. juni 2025