The book by the famous Soviet researcher M. A. Barg is dedicated to the history of the English Revolution of the 17th century. Written in the genre of political biographies, it contains historical portraits of the most prominent figures of the revolution - Cromwell, Lilburne, Winstanley. Another portrait - a “portrait of time” - is presented in the book: a panorama of the socio-economic and political development of Europe, and especially England, allowing for a deeper understanding of the human drama in the era of revolution. The text is supplied with original illustrative material.