Republic : Britain’s Revolutionary Decade, 1649–1660, Alice Hunt

Republic : Britain’s Revolutionary Decade, 1649–1660, Alice HuntNew Paperback Events moved with giddying speed in the 1650s. After the execution of Charles I, 'dangerous' monarchy was abolished and the House of Lords was dismissed, sending shock waves across the kingdom. These revolutionary acts set in motion a decade of bewildering change and instability, under the leadership of the soldier statesman Oliver Cromwell. England's unique and distinctive republican experiment may have been short lived, but it changed

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