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Cromwell : the Lord Protector /

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"Recounts the life, personality, and career of Oliver Cromwell as the Lord Protector of Great Britain from 1653-1658."

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Fraser, Antonia, 1932- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1973.
Edition:First American edition.
Subjects:
Cromwell, Oliver, > 1599-1658.
Heads of state > Great Britain > Biography.
Great Britain > History > Commonwealth and Protectorate, 1649-1660.
Cromwell, Oliver <1599-1658>
Chefs d'État > Grande-Bretagne > Biographies.
Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 1649-1660 (Commonwealth et protectorat)
Heads of state.
Great Britain.
History > Great Britain > Commonwealth and Protectorate, 1649-1660.
1649-1660
Cromwell, Oliver > 1599-1658
Great Britain > History > Commonwealth and Protectorate, 1649-1660
Heads of state > Great Britain > Biography
Biography
Biographies.
History.
Table of Contents:
  • 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.