The Fall: Last Days of the English Republic, Henry Reece

The Fall: Last Days of the English Republic, Henry ReeceNew Hardback Why did Englands one experiment in republican rule fail? Oliver Cromwells death in 1658 sparked a period of unrivalled turmoil and confusion in English history. In less than two years, there were close to ten changes of government; rival armies of Englishmen faced each other across the Scottish border; and the Long Parliament was finally dissolved after two decades. Why was this period so turbulent, and why did the republic, backed by a

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