Upper 6th A Level History: Oliver Cromwell 1599-1658
There is a bewildering array of books on Cromwell, many of which we have in the
Pound. I have arranged this reading list around the Key Issues in the Interpretations
paper, though each of the biographies and general works will have useful references
to specific areas.
General Biographies
Coward, B, Cromwell
Davis, J.C., Oliver Cromwell
Fraser, A, Cromwell, Our Chief of Men
Gaunt, P, Oliver Cromwell
Hill, C, God’s Englishman
Paul, R, The Lord Protector
Introductory Works
Anderson, A, The Civil War
Barnard, T, The English Republic
Hirst, D, Authority and Conflict
Hutton, R, England Without a King
Lynch, M, The Interregnum
Roots, I, The Great Rebellion
Collections of Essays
Morrill (ed.), J, Oliver Cromwell and the English Revolution
Roots (ed.), I, Cromwell: A Profile
Cromwell the Soldier
Firth, C.H, Cromwell’ Army
Kitson, F., Old Ironsides
Roberts, K., Cromwell’s War Machine
Woolrych in Morrill (ed.), Cromwell as a Soldier
Cromwell and the English Revolution
Hirst, D, in Morrill (ed.), The Lord Protector
Woolrych, A, Commonwealth to Protectorate
Woolrych, A, Soldiers and Statesmen
Underdown, D, Pride’s Purge
Cromwell and Ireland
Barnard, T, Cromwellian Ireland
Foster, R, Modern Ireland
O’Siochru, M, God’s Executioner
Reilly, T, Cromwell: An Honourable Enemy
Stevenson, D, in Morrill (ed.), Cromwell, Scotland and Ireland
Cromwell as the Champion of Godly Reformation
Fletcher, A, in Morrill (ed.) Oliver Cromwell and the Godly Nation
Woolrych, A, Commonwealth to Protectorate
Worden, B, (article), Toleration and the Cromwellian Protectorate
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The Humble Petition and Advice
Aylmer, G, (ed.), The Interregnum: the Quest for Settlement
Holmes, C, Why was Charles I Executed?
Sherwood, R, Oliver Cromwell: King in All But Name
Worden, B, (article), Oliver Cromwell and the Sin of Achan
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