Machine generated contents note: -- List of Illustrations -- Abbreviations -- Acknowledgements -- Foreword -- The Unknown Oliver -- Parliamentary Extremist -- Apprenticeship to War -- The Army New Modelled -- War by Other Means, 1646-48 -- Revolution, Regicide, Republic -- Twice-born Oliver -- The Levellers and Ireland -- Dunbar to Worcester: the Crowning Mercy -- A Greedy Puritan? Oliver Cromwell and Money -- Our Chief of Men -- King in All but Name? Lord Protector 1654-58 -- Horse Breeder and Patron of the Arts? Poetry, Painting, Performance and Political Thought under the Protectorate -- Quietus: Death, Funeral, Legacy -- Notes -- Further Reading -- Index.
Summary:
"The first new biography of Cromwell in several years, this rounded account interweaves his political and military careers, and explores his passionate religiosity. Synthesizing much recent research on Cromwell's early life, Gentles presents to students a fresh view of him as a lay preacher, a soldier, and as lord protector"--Provided by publisher.
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