Cromwell : the Lord Protector /
Fraser, Antonia, 1932-
Cromwell : the Lord Protector / Antonia Fraser. - First American edition. - xx, 774 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps (on lining papers), portraits, facsimiles ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 728-744) and index.
Pt. I: The government of himself -- By birth a gentleman -- His own fields -- Growing to authority -- Grand remonstrance -- Pt. II: War and peace -- Noble and active Colonel Cromwell -- Ironsides -- Happy victory -- Falling out among themselves -- The game at cards -- The mischievous war -- Providence and necessity -- Pt. III: The Commonwealth of England -- All things become new -- Ireland : effusion of blood -- Scotland : the decision of the cause -- A settlement of a nation -- At the edge of prophecies -- Pt. IV: The Lord Protector -- Grandeur -- Briers and thorns -- At work in the world -- Jews and major-generals -- A royal sceptre -- Old Oliver, new ideas -- The great captain -- Cromwell's dust.
"Recounts the life, personality, and career of Oliver Cromwell as the Lord Protector of Great Britain from 1653-1658."
0394470346 9780394470344
73007270
Cromwell, Oliver, 1599-1658.
1649-1660
Heads of state--Great Britain--Biography.
Great Britain--History--Commonwealth and Protectorate, 1649-1660.
Biography
DA426 / .F84
Cromwell : the Lord Protector / Antonia Fraser. - First American edition. - xx, 774 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps (on lining papers), portraits, facsimiles ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 728-744) and index.
Pt. I: The government of himself -- By birth a gentleman -- His own fields -- Growing to authority -- Grand remonstrance -- Pt. II: War and peace -- Noble and active Colonel Cromwell -- Ironsides -- Happy victory -- Falling out among themselves -- The game at cards -- The mischievous war -- Providence and necessity -- Pt. III: The Commonwealth of England -- All things become new -- Ireland : effusion of blood -- Scotland : the decision of the cause -- A settlement of a nation -- At the edge of prophecies -- Pt. IV: The Lord Protector -- Grandeur -- Briers and thorns -- At work in the world -- Jews and major-generals -- A royal sceptre -- Old Oliver, new ideas -- The great captain -- Cromwell's dust.
"Recounts the life, personality, and career of Oliver Cromwell as the Lord Protector of Great Britain from 1653-1658."
0394470346 9780394470344
73007270
Cromwell, Oliver, 1599-1658.
1649-1660
Heads of state--Great Britain--Biography.
Great Britain--History--Commonwealth and Protectorate, 1649-1660.
Biography
DA426 / .F84