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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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“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…The rewards and satisfactions accrue with every hour.
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“Deeply researched and beautifully written, it is…immensely intellectually satisfying.”
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“Vivid, stirring and epic.”
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“Hutton concludes that the ‘precocious democracy, liberalism, and pluralism’ the British take for granted owe their existence to Cromwell…We owe this remarkable man much more than we realize.”
— The Telegraph (London)
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A Times Literary Supplement Best Book of the Year
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A London Times Pick of 2024's Best Books
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About Ronald Hutton
Ronald Hutton is a professor of history at the University of Bristol and a leading authority on ancient, medieval, and modern paganism; the history of the British Isles in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries; and the global context of witchcraft beliefs.
About Nigel Patterson
Nigel Patterson, British audiobook narrator and AudioFile Earphones Award winner, has many credits as a stage, screen, and voiceover actor that influence his powerful characterization across a broad range of genres. A graduate of the University of Oxford, he is fluent in French and Spanish.