"Chapters 4-10 represent an expansion and revision of ... [the author's] B. Litt. dissertation, presented at Oxford in 1953."

Exit Tyrannus -- The beginning of conspiracy -- Worcester and the "Miraculous preservation" -- The nadir of conspiracy -- The sealed knot -- Impossible undertakings -- Penruddock's rising -- The major generals -- The knot revived -- The new action party -- The great trust and commission -- Sir George Booth's rising -- Toward the Restoration -- Royalty restored.