David L. Smith has been a Fellow of Selwyn College, Cambridge since 1988. He was a Visiting Assistant Professor at the University of Chicago in 1991, the year in which he won the Royal Historical Society's Alexander Prize. His previous books include Constitutional Royalism and the Search for Settlement, c. 1640-1649 (1994), and edited with R. Strier and D. Bevington, The Theatrical City: Culture, Theatre and Politics in London 1576-1649 (1995).

"Dr Nicholls has proved to be a resourceful choice ... he delivers an accurate, sensitive and engaging account, never allowing the reader to be lost in the quagmires of scholarly debate." The Historical Association

• List of Illustrations. List of Maps.List of Genealogical Tables.List of Abbreviations.Preface.1. 1603: Union of the Crowns.2. Great Britain's Solomon.3. The Ascendancy of Buckingham.4. The Personal Rule of Charles.5. The Collapse of Multiple Monarchies.6. War in Three Kingdoms.7. The British Republic.8. The Restoration of the British Monarchies.9. Court and Country.10. Exclusion and Reaction.11. A Glorious Revolution?.12. Britain under William and Anne.13. 1707: Union of the Kingdom.Bibliographical Essay.Appendices.Index.

David L. Smith has been a Fellow of Selwyn College, Cambridge since 1988. He was a Visiting Assistant Professor at the University of Chicago in 1991, the year in which he won the Royal Historical Society's Alexander Prize. His previous books include Constitutional Royalism and the Search for Settlement, c. 1640-1649 (1994), and edited with R. Strier and D. Bevington, The Theatrical City: Culture, Theatre and Politics in London 1576-1649 (1995).

"Dr Nicholls has proved to be a resourceful choice ... he delivers an accurate, sensitive and engaging account, never allowing the reader to be lost in the quagmires of scholarly debate." The Historical Association

• List of Illustrations. List of Maps.List of Genealogical Tables.List of Abbreviations.Preface.1. 1603: Union of the Crowns.2. Great Britain's Solomon.3. The Ascendancy of Buckingham.4. The Personal Rule of Charles.5. The Collapse of Multiple Monarchies.6. War in Three Kingdoms.7. The British Republic.8. The Restoration of the British Monarchies.9. Court and Country.10. Exclusion and Reaction.11. A Glorious Revolution?.12. Britain under William and Anne.13. 1707: Union of the Kingdom.Bibliographical Essay.Appendices.Index.

David L. Smith has been a Fellow of Selwyn College, Cambridge since 1988. He was a Visiting Assistant Professor at the University of Chicago in 1991, the year in which he won the Royal Historical Society's Alexander Prize. His previous books include Constitutional Royalism and the Search for Settlement, c. 1640-1649 (1994), and edited with R. Strier and D. Bevington, The Theatrical City: Culture, Theatre and Politics in London 1576-1649 (1995).

"Dr Nicholls has proved to be a resourceful choice ... he delivers an accurate, sensitive and engaging account, never allowing the reader to be lost in the quagmires of scholarly debate." The Historical Association

• List of Illustrations. List of Maps.List of Genealogical Tables.List of Abbreviations.Preface.1. 1603: Union of the Crowns.2. Great Britain's Solomon.3. The Ascendancy of Buckingham.4. The Personal Rule of Charles.5. The Collapse of Multiple Monarchies.6. War in Three Kingdoms.7. The British Republic.8. The Restoration of the British Monarchies.9. Court and Country.10. Exclusion and Reaction.11. A Glorious Revolution?.12. Britain under William and Anne.13. 1707: Union of the Kingdom.Bibliographical Essay.Appendices.Index.