A review by mmccombs
The Blazing World: A New History of Revolutionary England, 1603-1689 by Jonathan Healey

informative slow-paced

3.5

Super informative and generally readable! This felt well researched and helpfully organized, and the author’s voice was casual enough for most readers to find it accessible. I found myself a little overwhelmed by the complexity and moving parts of this period of time, I think reading via audiobook was probably not the best way to read it because I often lost track of who everyone was and zoned out from time to time. But being able to connect distant history to our moment in time today (even in the US) was really interesting and I’m glad I know a bit more about this time (though the specifics will for sure leave my brain immediately!)