CONTENTS

CHAPTER I
PAGE
EARLY LIFE, 1599–1629 1
 
 
CHAPTER II
 
THE PREPARATION FOR THE CIVIL WAR, 1629–1640 19
 
 
CHAPTER III
 
THE LONG PARLIAMENT, 1640–1642 47
 
 
CHAPTER IV
 
THE FIRST CAMPAIGN, 1642 69
 
 
CHAPTER V
 
CROMWELL IN THE EASTERN ASSOCIATION, 1643 86
 
 
CHAPTER VI
 
MARSTON MOOR, 1644 102
 
 
CHAPTER VII
 
NASEBY AND LANGPORT, 1645–1646 121
 
 
CHAPTER VIII
 
PRESBYTERIANS AND INDEPENDENTS, 1642–1647 142
 
 
CHAPTER IX
 
ARMY AND PARLIAMENT, 1647–1648 164
 
 
CHAPTER X
 
THE SECOND CIVIL WAR, 1648 193
 
 
CHAPTER XI
 
CROMWELL AND THE KING’S EXECUTION, 1648–1649 207
 
 
CHAPTER XII
 
THE REPUBLIC AND ITS ENEMIES, 1649 232
 
 
CHAPTER XIII
 
IRELAND, 1649–1650 255
 
 
CHAPTER XIV
 
CROMWELL AND SCOTLAND, 1650–1651 276
 
 
CHAPTER XV
 
THE END OF THE LONG PARLIAMENT, 1651–1653 300
 
 
CHAPTER XVI
 
THE FOUNDATION OF THE PROTECTORATE, 1653 326
 
 
CHAPTER XVII
 
CROMWELL’S DOMESTIC POLICY, 1654–1658 346
 
 
CHAPTER XVIII
 
CROMWELL’S FOREIGN POLICY, 1654–1658 370
 
 
CHAPTER XIX
 
CROMWELL’S COLONIAL POLICY 390
 
 
CHAPTER XX
 
CROMWELL AND HIS PARLIAMENTS 409
 
 
CHAPTER XXI
 
THE DEATH OF CROMWELL, 1658–1660 433
 
 
CHAPTER XXII
 
CROMWELL AND HIS FAMILY 453
 
 
CHAPTER XXIII
 
EPILOGUE 467
 
INDEX 487