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Author Fraser, Antonia, 1932-

Title Cromwell : our chief of men / Antonia Fraser
Published London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1973

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Description xx, 774 pages : illustrations, facsimiles, maps, portraits ; 25 cm
Contents Part 1: The government of himself. By birth a gentleman -- His own fields -- Growing to authority -- Grand remonstrance -- Part 2: 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 -- Part 3: The Commonwealth of England. All things become new -- Ireland: effusion of blood -- Scotland: the decision of the cause -- A settlement of the nation -- At the edge of prophecies -- Part 4: 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
Analysis England Cromwell, Oliver
England Cromwell, Oliver - Biographies
Notes Includes index
Bibliography Bibliography: pages [728]-744
Subject Cromwell, Oliver, 1599-1658.
Cromwell, Oliver.
SUBJECT Cromwell, Oliver. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n88132106
Subject Generals -- England -- Biography.
Generals -- Great Britain -- Biography.
Statesmen -- England -- Biography.
Statesmen -- Great Britain -- Biography.
SUBJECT Great Britain -- History -- Puritan Revolution, 1642-1660. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056796
Great Britain -- Kings and rulers -- Biography. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056863
Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1642-1660. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056894
Genre/Form Biographies.
LC no. isb29776556
ISBN 0297765566