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The Making of Oliver Cromwell (Ronald Hutton)

The Worthy House (Charles Haywood)

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Ronald Hutton's new biography of Oliver Cromwell offers a nuanced view of this complex man. He expertly evokes the England of the mid-17th century, both in politics and the natural world. Charles Haywood: The short version of Hutton's biography is that Cromwell was both godly and wily. This is not really a popular history," he says.

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