The Fall: Last Days of the English Republic

by Henry Reece

Why did England's one experiment in republican rule fail?

Oliver Cromwell's death in 1658 sparked a period of unrivalled turmoil and confusion in English history. In less than two years, there were close to ten changes of government; rival armies of Englishmen faced each other across the Scottish border; and the Long Parliament was finally dissolved after two decades. Why was this period so turbulent, and why did the republic, backed...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 030021149X
• ISBN13: 9780300211498
• Release Date: June 2024
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 464 Pages
• Weight: 1.67 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.1" x 9.3"