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Oliver Cromwell

Commander in Chief

by Ronald Hutton
Nigel Patterson
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The second volume in an acclaimed biography of Oliver Cromwell, from the capture of Charles I to the expulsion of the Long Parliament

In 1647, the Parliamentarians were divided. They had won the first civil war and the king was in custody, but disagreements over the way forward had led to a stalemate. As the leader of one party, Oliver Cromwell found himself again at the center of events.

In the second volume of his pioneering biography, Ronald Hutton traces Cromwell's career from 1647 through to his seizure of supreme power. These decisive years saw the execution of Charles I and the establishment of the Commonwealth of England, as well as notorious and savage campaigns in Ireland and Scotland. Cromwell's political and military leadership were well honed after years of practice, but this was also the period of his greatest ruthlessness and brutality.

This groundbreaking account reveals a different kind of Cromwell, showing how he navigated the many forces ranged against him—and rose to the pinnacle of his power.

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    February 11, 2025

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      • ISBN: 9798855580211
      • File size: 443324 KB
      • Duration: 15:23:34

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      This second installment brings British historian Ronald Hutton's magisterial biography of Oliver Cromwell up to 30 hours of listening time. It's a daunting undertaking for most listeners--but still short of Cromwell's term as Lord Protector of Britain 1653-58. Even so, there is much to recommend here. Narrator Nigel Patterson's fine enunciation is silken to the ear, bringing clarity and purpose to a narrative that is itself richly detailed and gracefully composed. Rich, too, are the issues and parallels that Cromwell's divided era poses--that time of division and civil war, legislative disarray, and swift social change. Not every listener may want to venture as far into this complex seventeenth-century tangle, but the rewards and satisfactions accrue with every hour. D.A.W. © AudioFile 2025, Portland, Maine

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