the Lord ProtectorFraser, Antonia1932-creatorauthor.textbibliographybiographyBiographynyu19731973First American edition.monographiceng

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xx, 774 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps (on lining papers), portraits, facsimiles ; 25 cm"Recounts the life, personality, and career of Oliver Cromwell as the Lord Protector of Great Britain from 1653-1658."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.Antonia Fraser.Includes bibliographical references (pages 728-744) and index.e-uk---Cromwell, Oliver1599-1658 1649-1660 fast Heads of stateGreat BritainBiographyGreat BritainHistoryCommonwealth and Protectorate, 1649-1660DA426 .F84Fraser, Antonia, 1932-New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1973.First American edition.(OCoLC)565396170039447034697803944703447300727073110620241125085613.0ocm00728428 eng