Charles I and Oliver Cromwell: A Study in Contrasts and Comparisons

ISBN-13: 9781032265308 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 250 str.

Maurice Ashley

Opis

Originally published in 1987, this book compares and contrasts the characters and careers of two great protagonists in the English Civil War and its aftermath. The book shows how Charles I and Oliver Cromwell were confronted with the same problems and therefore were obliged to deal with them in much the same kind of way. 

Recenzje

‘A closely packed portmanteau of varied knowledge and mature thought, which travellers setting out on a voyage of discovery in the seventeenth century would do well to carry with them.’ C.V. Wedgewood, Time and Tide.

Spis treści

1. Prologue: Confrontation 2. The Child is Father of the Man 3. Men of God 4. Private Lives 5. Soldiering – I 6. Soldiering – II 7. Rulers at Home 8. Diplomacy and War – I 9. Diplomacy and War – II 10. Handling Parliaments – I 11. Handling Parliaments – II 12. Characters in Contrast 13. Revolutionary Times 14. Epilogue: Departure.

O autorze

Maurice Ashley was a noted historian of the 17th Century and literary assistant to Winston Churchill.