Making of Oliver Cromwell

Oliver Cromwell, with his complex and contradictory character, is one of the great figures of history. Untangling facts from fiction, Ronald Hutton reveals a Cromwell who was both genuine in his faith and deliberate in his dishonesty?and uncovers the inner workings of the man who has puzzled biographers for centuries.

About the author

Ronald Hutton is professor of history at Bristol University and a leading authority on the British Isles in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, on ancient and medieval paganism and magic, and on the global context of witchcraft beliefs. He is the author of eighteen books.

Product details

• Authors: Ronald Hutton, Ronald (University of Bristol) Hutton, Hutton Ronald
• Publisher: Yale University Press Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.08.2022
• EAN: 9780300266443
• ISBN: 978-0-300-26644-3
• No. of pages: 432
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Modern era up to 1918; Non-fiction book > History > Biographies, autobiographies; European History, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Political, Biography: historical, political & military, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Stuart Era (1603-1714), Political leaders & leadership, British & Irish history, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, Biography: historical, political and military, C 1600 To C 1700, Political leaders and leadership, 1660 to 1714 (Restoration and the Later Stuart period), 1603–1649 (Jacobean and Early Stuart period)