'Years of painstaking research have been condensed into a clear, lively, and informative discussion. Indeed, even for specialists there is a fair amount of new material here ... an excellent introduction'
Ariel Hessayon, The Historian 'An admirably succinct and clear guide to the complex career and thought of Gerrard Winstanley - a fascinating commentary on the ... Read morecomplex and shifting world of radical thought during the revolutionary decades'
Mike Braddick, Professor of History at the University of Sheffield 'This is a clear-eyed yet sympathetic account of one of the most baffling figures of the English Revolution'
Mark Kishlansky, Frank Baird Jr. Professor of History at Harvard University 'Outstanding. An exciting and extremely well-written account of Winstanley's development as thinker and experimental communist'
Nigel Smith, William and Annie S. Paton Foundation Professor of Ancient and Modern Literature, Princeton University Show Less