After the Civil Wars - English Politics and Government in the Reign of Charles II

It is often argued that the political and religious fissures created by the wars divided English society irrevocably, as demonstrated by the later bitter conflict between the Whig and Tory parties. In this first study of Restoration England from the point of view of both rulers and the ruled, John Miller argues that although there was political conflict, Charles II's reign was not a continuation of the divisions of the civil wars.