Librarian Note: There is more than one author by this name in the Goodreads database. Dr. David Scott received his BA and DPhil from the University of York. He then taught at York and Leeds universities before joining the History of Parliament, London, where he is now a Senior Research Fellow on the 1640-1660 section. Among other appointments, he has been a Visiting Fellow at Yale University, and Senior Research Associate of Peterhouse, University of Cambridge. He has researched and written extensively on the political and religious history of Stuart Britain. He is a regular reviewer for the London press and lives in Oxford.