Cromwell, Our Chief of Men

This biography follows Oliver Cromwell from provincial gentleman and parliamentarian to soldier, regicide, Lord Protector and central figure of the English Revolution. Fraser examines his religious conviction, military leadership, political improvisation and role in the execution of Charles I, while also treating the contradictions of republican power under a single dominant leader. The book places Cromwell within the Wars of the Three Kingdoms, the Commonwealth, Ireland, Scotland and the unstable settlement that followed civil war.