Description: Illuminates the impact of the two British revolutions of the seventeenth century and the shifts in religious, political, scientific, literary, economic, social, and moral culture that they brought about, looking at the fascinating story of one family and their locality: the Cowpers of Hertford.
Review Quotes: "Knights is a careful, inventive researcher and a skilled storyteller. He has an eye for the significant detail and the lively illustration, and this 'dysfunctional family' of 'colorful and salacious egoists' provides him with plenty of material."--The Journal of Modern History
"These episodes touch on enough of the themes of England's postrevolutionary culture to turn them into plausible guides to an entire age."--Common Knowledge