{"product_id":"fiery-spirits","title":"Fiery Spirits","description":"\u0026lt;i\u0026gt;The Fiery Spirits\u0026lt;\/i\u0026gt; tells the story of the MPs in parliament and the protestors in the streets who played a pivotal role in the English Civil Wars. Through their stories, John Rees reveals the hidden history of the republicans who brought a desperate nation to the brink of revolution.\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;At the start of the English Civil Wars, very few could have imagined that the country would soon become a republic. Practically alone in his republicanism was Henry Marten, MP and future regicide. But he soon gathered around him a group of radical Parliamentarians that included William Strode, the parliamentary firebrand, Alexander Rigby, the formidable soldier, and Sir Peter Wentworth, descendant of a long line of opponents of monarchy. They formed the nucleus of a group that allied itself to a popular movement outside parliament to defeat the king politically and militarily.\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;In \u0026lt;i\u0026gt;The Fiery Spirits\u0026lt;\/i\u0026gt;, Rees tells how Marten and his radical allies overcame both moderate Parliamentarians and Royalists to change the face of England forever, establishing a kingdom without a crown.","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57399401611646,"sku":"NW9781839763151","price":27.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781839763151.jpg?v=1778627017","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/en-eu\/products\/fiery-spirits","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}