Revolt and upheaval in medieval Britain by a brilliant new narrative historian,
'Summer of Blood' breaks new ground in its portrayal of the personalities and po
litics of the bloody days of June 1381. The Peasants' Revolt of 1381 is one of t
he most dramatic and bloody events in English history. Starting with village rio
ts in the Essex countryside, chaos rapidly spread across much of the south-east
of England, as tens of thousands of ordinary men and women marched in fury to Lo
ndon, torching houses, slaughtering their social superiors and terrifying the li
fe out of those who got in their way.
