The first of 2 vols, this takes the obscure, devout, devious provincial to the brink of immense power.
The Making of Oliver Cromwell
(author)
£25.00
Edition:Hardback978030025745810/08/2021
Categories: 02. Summer Books 2021: Biography, Biography, Letters & Diaries, Summer Books 2021
Tags: 1603-1649 (Jacobean and Early Stuart period), 1660 to 1714 (Restoration and the Later Stuart period), Biography: historical, political and military, European history, Political leaders and leadership, United Kingdom, Great Britain
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