Life in a Revolutionary Decade in Britain (1649-1660)
Gresham College Lectures
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Christmas in England - A Brief History
The Lestrange family always sent New Year's gifts of venison to their favoured neighbours. The recipients included Oliver Cromwell's brother-in-law the parliamentarian governor of King's Lin. Music and merry-making in church was now banned but what went on elsewhere was another matter altogether. Incomers of all unfamiliar tastes were regarded as suspect, Norfolk and its traditional ways was their home grand. London would be a marvellous fine sweet place if only it stood in the country.
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