From a bakery on Pudding Lane, a fire destroys most of the City of London.

• Rebecca Rideal, 1666: Plague, War, and Hellfire
• Jacob Field, London, Londoners and the Great Fire of 1666: Disaster and Recover.
• Clare Jackson, Charles II: The Star King

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The Bubonic Plague, Yersinia Pestis, arrives in London at the end of 1664. By the end of 1665, it will have killed 200,000 people all across England and Wales.

• Evelyn Lord, The Great Plague: A People's History.
• Dorothy Moote, The great plague: the story of London's most deadly year.
• Charles River, The Great Plague of London: The History and Legacy of England’s Last Major Outbreak of the Bubonic Plague
• Rebecca Rideal, 1666: Plague, War, and Hellfire.

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The Second Anglo-Dutch War begins, and we take a closer look at the Royal Navy of the Restoration.

• Jonathan Healey, The Blazing World, 2023.
• Nicholas Rodgers, The Command of the Ocean: A Naval History of Britain, Volume 2, 1649–1815
• Anna Keay, The Restless Republic, 2022.
• Rebecca Rideal, 1666: Plague, War, and Hellfire, 2016.
• Charles Wilson, England’s Apprenticeship: 1603-1763, 1975.
• David Veevers, The Origins of the British Empire in Asia, 1600-1750, 2020.
• John Childs, General Percy Kirke and the Later Stuart Army, 2014.
• Philip Stern, The Company-State: Corporate Sovereignty and the Early Modern Foundations of the British Empire in India, 2011.
• Edwin Burrows, Mike Wallace, Gotham: A History of New York City to 1898, 1999.
• Julie Svalastog, Mastering the Worst of Trades: England’s Early Africa Companies and their Traders, 1618–1672, 2021.

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The Mirror of Great Britain: A Life of James VI&I

Devil-Land: England under Siege, 1588-1688

Charles II: The Star King

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New trade policies annoy the Dutch, and new English companies attempt to force their way into West African markets. New Amsterdam becomes New York. The Second Anglo-Dutch War begins.

• Jonathan Healey, The Blazing World, 2023.
• Anna Keay, The Restless Republic, 2022.
• Rebecca Rideal, 1666: Plague, War, and Hellfire, 2016.
• Charles Wilson, England’s Apprenticeship: 1603-1763, 1975.
• David Veevers, The Origins of the British Empire in Asia, 1600-1750, 2020.
• John Childs, General Percy Kirke and the Later Stuart Army, 2014.
• Philip Stern, The Company-State: Corporate Sovereignty and the Early Modern Foundations of the British Empire in India, 2011.
• Edwin Burrows, Mike Wallace, Gotham: A History of New York City to 1898, 1999.
• Julie Svalastog, Mastering the Worst of Trades: England’s Early Africa Companies and their Traders, 1618–1672, 2021.

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Charles II marries Catherine of Braganza, and the Portuguese Princess brings her new husband the city of Tangiers and the islands of Bombay. One of these will become a stronghold of the British Empire. The other will not.

• Alice Hunt, Republic, 2024.
• Michael Braddick (ed.), The Oxford Handbook of the English Revolution, 2015.
• Jonathan Healey, The Blazing World, 2023.
• Anna Keay, The Restless Republic, 2022.
• Rebecca Rideal, 1666: Plague, War, and Hellfire, 2016.
• Charles Wilson, England’s Apprenticeship: 1603-1763, 1975.
• David Veevers, The Origins of the British Empire in Asia, 1600-1750, 2020.
• John Childs, General Percy Kirke and the Later Stuart Army, 2014.
• Philip Stern, The Company-State: Corporate Sovereignty and the Early Modern Foundations of the British Empire in India, 2011.

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Charles II Stuart returns to London, and the Restoration tries to turn the clock back in England, Scotland, and Ireland. But a generation of civil war and revolution is not something that can be easily reversed.

• Alice Hunt, Republic, 2024.
• Martyn Bennet, Oliver Cromwell, 2006.
• Michael Braddick (ed.), The Oxford Handbook of the English Revolution, 2015.
• Jonathan Healey, The Blazing World, 2023.
• Paul Lay, Providence Lost: The Rise and Fall of the English Republic, 2020.
• Anna Keay, The Restless Republic, 2022.
• Ian Gentles, The New Model Army: Agent of Revolution, 2022.
• Rebecca Rideal, 1666: Plague, War, and Hellfire, 2016.
• Micheál Ó Siochrú, God's Executioner: Oliver Cromwell and the conquest of Ireland, 2008.
• Charles Wilson, England’s Apprenticeship: 1603-1763, 1975.
• Charles Spencer, Killers of the King

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George Monck arrives in London and restores the Long Parliament. Charles Stuart moves to Breda. The Republic votes itself out of existence.

• Alice Hunt, Republic, 2024.
• Martyn Bennet, Oliver Cromwell, 2006.
• Michael Braddick (ed.), The Oxford Handbook of the English Revolution, 2015.
• Barry Coward, The Cromwellian Protectorate, 2002.
• Jonathan Healey, The Blazing World, 2023.
• Paul Lay, Providence Lost: The Rise and Fall of the English Republic, 2020.
• Anna Keay, The Restless Republic, 2022.
• Ian Gentles, The New Model Army: Agent of Revolution, 2022.
• Carla Gardina Pestana, The English Conquest of Jamaica: Oliver Cromwell’s Bid for Empire, 2017.

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The Army brings back the Rump Parliament, but they quickly regret that decision. In Scotland, George Monck prepares to march.

• Alice Hunt, Republic, 2024.
• Martyn Bennet, Oliver Cromwell, 2006.
• Michael Braddick (ed.), The Oxford Handbook of the English Revolution, 2015.
• Barry Coward, The Cromwellian Protectorate, 2002.
• Jonathan Healey, The Blazing World, 2023.
• Paul Lay, Providence Lost: The Rise and Fall of the English Republic, 2020.
• Anna Keay, The Restless Republic, 2022.
• Ian Gentles, The New Model Army: Agent of Revolution, 2022.
• Carla Gardina Pestana, The English Conquest of Jamaica: Oliver Cromwell’s Bid for Empire, 2017.

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With the death of Oliver Cromwell, his eldest son Richard becomes Lord Protector. Can he balance the competing demands of the army and the republicans?

• Alice Hunt, Republic, 2024.
• Martyn Bennet, Oliver Cromwell, 2006.
• Michael Braddick (ed.), The Oxford Handbook of the English Revolution, 2015.
• Barry Coward, The Cromwellian Protectorate, 2002.
• Jonathan Healey, The Blazing World, 2023.
• Paul Lay, Providence Lost: The Rise and Fall of the English Republic, 2020.
• Anna Keay, The Restless Republic, 2022.
• Ian Gentles, The New Model Army: Agent of Revolution, 2022.
• Carla Gardina Pestana, The English Conquest of Jamaica: Oliver Cromwell’s Bid for Empire, 2017.

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