Oliver Cromwell & Ireland - Irish Culture
In 1649, the civil war in England had ended with the execution of King Charles I. Cromwell had led his "roundheads" in a strategic and vital win over the loyalists and finally managed in obtaining the destruction of his great nemesis. It is [... more]
Bella Online |
Old Ironsides: The Military Biography of Oliver Cromwell ...
 Entertaining Military History: Kitson examines the rise of Oliver Cromwell in the military, from a 43-year old Member of Parliament with no military knowledge, to a military leader. Kitson follows Cromwell's actions in the various battles of the first [... more]
$14.95
Amazon.com |
John Milton
John Milton (1608-74) was one of England's greatest poets and a master of polemical prose. He was a private tutor and served as Secretary for Foreign Tongues under Oliver Cromwell. John Milton's Paradise Lost, an epic poem on the clash between ... [... more]
Random House |
Andrew Marvell
Andrew Marvell (1621-78) served as an assistant to John Milton, held office under Oliver Cromwell, and was a member of Parliament after the Restoration. The great seventeenth-century metaphysical poet Andrew Marvell was one of the chief wits and ... [... more]
Random House |
Oliver Cromwell and the English Revolution
Unbearable.: This book presumes that you are an Oxford history professor. It presumes facts not in the book. Meaning it presumes you come to the subject with a vast array of knowledge and therefore spends all of its time on the grand academic questions [... more]
$49.60
Amazon.com |
Oliver Cromwell
Not objective, but very fun: Roosevelt seeks to prove that Cromwell's rise to power was the first modern struggle for religious, political, and social freedom. First, Roosevelt explores the actions of the Stuart kings and how those actions became more [... more]
$30.45
Amazon.com |
Oliver Cromwell (Historical Association Studies)
Reads like an 8th grade term paper: Very heavy chronological review with no assessment, opinion or background. Assumes you know everything about the English Revolution but need a chronological reference book. Biased: It appears the book was written by a [... more]
$35.95
Amazon.com |
God's Englishman: Oliver Cromwell and the English ...
Cromwell by "The Commanding Interpreter of 17th Century England": When Christopher Hill died in 2003 at the age of 91 the Guardian rightly called him "the commanding interpreter of 17th-century England". Upon publication in 1970 his [... more]
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God's Englishman: Oliver Cromwell and the English Revolution
Cromwell by "The Commanding Interpreter of 17th Century England": When Christopher Hill died in 2003 at the age of 91 the Guardian rightly called him "the commanding interpreter of 17th-century England". Upon publication in 1970 his [... more]
$20.65
Amazon.com |
Oliver Cromwell (Reputations Series)
A man who both knows and does.: Cromwell is an amazingly enigmatic figure in spite of an incredibly public career. He was revered and feared by the people around him to the point where they could not know him the way they knew each other - from the time [... more]
$29.01
Amazon.com |
Oliver Cromwell (Very Interesting People S.)
A good concise study of Cromwell's life: There are few figures in English history as controversial as Oliver Cromwell. Born a member of the lower English gentry, he embraced Puritanism as a young man and won election to the "Long Parliament" in [... more]
$9.99
Amazon.com |
Oliver Cromwell (Profiles in Power)
Solid introduction to Cromwell's political career: In spite of dozens of books and virtually hundreds of articles published in specialist journals and dedicated to aspects of his eventful life, Oliver Cromwell is still one of the least understood figures [... more]
$40.00
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