Author: Adamson, J. H. & H. F. Folland,
Title: Sir Harry Vane: his life and times 1613-1662.
Description: Boston, Gambit, 1973. 1st ptg. VG in VG DJ. Vane served Charles the First and was one of the leaders of the parliamentary rebellion that led to the kind's execution and the. establishment of the Protectorate. Vane himself was executed in 1662, clearly the victim of judicial murder, the age of Puritan revolt was over. A man of peace who initiated genocide in the New World and found martyrdom in the Old. The authors approach the paradox of Sie Harry face on and place their subject against a detailed background of his times, a subtly shaded portrait both dramatic and convincing. DJ edge wear.

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