War and Revolution in the British Isles: A Captivating Guide to English Civil War, Easter Rising of 1916, Irish Independence

Three 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. Three manuscripts in one book: - The English Civil War: A Captivating Guide to the Conflict Between Royalists and Parliamentarians That Shaped England's Future- The Easter Rising of 1916: A Captivating Guide to the Irish Rebellion That Sparked the Fight for Independence- The Irish War of Independence: A Captivating Guide to Ireland's Struggle for Freedom from British Rule (1919-1921) >Across 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. Part One: The English Civil War When Parliament refused to bow, a king went to war with his own people.- The Road to War. Why Charles I ruled without Parliament for eleven years, and how that gamble backfired into open conflict.- Edgehill, Marston Moor, and Naseby. The brilliant tactics and catastrophic blunders of Cavaliers and Roundheads, and the battle that shattered the king's army.- A Kingdom Without a King. The execution of Charles I, the birth of the Commonwealth, and why it broke the belief in divine monarchy across Europe. Part Two: The Easter Rising of 1916 Two and a half centuries later, the same question crossed the Irish Sea.- The Secret Networks. The Irish Republican Brotherhood, the Volunteers, and James Connolly's Citizen Army, who planned a rebellion beneath British surveillance.- Six Days That Burned Dublin. The seizure of the GPO, the British gunboat on the Liffey, and the surrender that ended Easter Week.- How Defeat Became Victory. The executions at Kilmainham Gaol that turned the rebels into martyrs and lit the fuse for a war of independence. Part Three: The Irish War of Independence What a failed rebellion began, a guerrilla war would finish.- From Home Rule to Open Revolt. How Sinn Féin won the hearts of the public and the fight moved from the ballot box to the gun.- Michael Collins and the Guerrilla War. The flying columns, the intelligence war, and the ruthless campaign against the Black and Tans.- The Treaty and the Split. 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. >Add it to your cart and step into three revolutions that decided who holds power.