The Writings and Speeches of Oliver Cromwell: With an Introduction, Notes and an Account of His Lifevolume II the Commonwealth 1649-1653

by Oliver Cromwell

This second volume of Abbott's classic edition covers the period, unique in England's history, of republican rule. It begins with the abolition of the monarchy and the House of Lords in 1649 and ends in April 1653 with Cromwell's dramatic and forcible expulsion of the "Rump," the remnant of the House of Commons left behind by Pride's Purge in December 1648. Between 1649 and 1651, when the infant Commonealth was fighting for survival against the royalists,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198217722
• ISBN13: 9780198217725
• Release Date: April 1989
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 828 Pages
• Weight: 2.89 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.5" x 9.5"