A Sword for Christ: The Republican Era in Great Britain and Ireland

by Jonathan Cobb

The 15-year period between 1645 and 1660 was one of the most dynamic in British history, during which the republican Commonwealth and Cromwellian Protectorate attempted to create a new type of 'Godly' state after the execution of Charles I.

Drawing on the latest research and established sources, as well as the works and diaries of contemporaries such as John Evelyn, John Milton and Samuel Pepys, A Sword for Christ offers a new and stimulating...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1780276923
• ISBN13: 9781780276922
• Release Date: November 2021
• Publisher: Birlinn
• Length: 416 Pages