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The illustrations in the book are genius.

... tales of bluff Norfolk farmers baffled by religious change, of drunken evenings in provincial inns and oak-panelled parlours, of saucy Norwich prostitutes and dour Dutch drainage engineers, of Cuckold the Calthorpes‘ dog and Wiggett the Hunstanton Hall fool, and of the many misadventures of Mr Prick, the unfortunately named minister of Denham. [The book]... enclosed one family‘s capacity for laughter even in the most serious times.

Royalists were lampooned for thirsting for rewards and court positions (dreaming of being ‘mounted on horseback with golden Sausedges about their Necks‘)...

Print got there first. Seems oddly topical given the events in (some parts of) the UK this week.

They had fought and fasted, prayed and toiled for liberty, and even executed the King, but 'now the common enemy is gone, you are all like men in a mist, seeking for freedom and know not where, nor what it is'

(After the Parliamentary forces defeated the King in the English civil war)

I am posting one book per day from my extensive, and ever growing, TBR shelves. Some are new and some are old, some are gifts and some I don't remember why I bought them.
Day 13
#ABookADay2024

A very, very soft pick!

#WondrousWednesday @Eggs

"The Venetian Ambassador commented that 'he [Oliver Cromwell] lacked nothing but the crown to appear a veritable king'. But he was not a king."

#weeklyforecast @Cinfhen

Finish The Restless Republic
Continue A History of Treason
Start The Silver Pigs

#bookreport @Cinfhen

Continued this chunkster! It's good, but very dense and slow in parts - only recommended if you're REALLY interested in the English Civil War, the Commonwealth/Protectorate and the Glorious Revolution - I haven't got to 1660 yet, but there's quite a few pages listed in the index for it!