Get Free Shipping on orders over $79
Oliver Cromwell : Commander in Chief - Ronald Hutton

Oliver Cromwell

Commander in Chief

By: Ronald Hutton

Paperback | 8 December 2025 | Edition Number 1

At a Glance

Paperback


RRP $26.95

$22.99

15%OFF

or 4 interest-free payments of $5.75 with

In Stock and Ships in 1-2 business days

The second volume in an acclaimed biography of Oliver Cromwell, from the capture of Charles I to the expulsion of the Long Parliament

In 1647, the Parliamentarians were divided. They had won the first civil war and the king was in custody, but disagreements over the way forward had led to a stalemate. As the leader of one party, Oliver Cromwell found himself again at the centre of events.

In the second volume of his pioneering biography, Ronald Hutton traces Cromwell's career from 1647 through to his seizure of supreme power. These decisive years saw the execution of Charles I and the establishment of the Commonwealth of England, as well as notorious and savage campaigns in Ireland and Scotland. Cromwell's political and military leadership were well honed after years of practice, but this was also the period of his greatest ruthlessness and brutality.

This groundbreaking account reveals a different kind of Cromwell, showing how he navigated the many forces ranged against him—and rose to the pinnacle of his power.

About the Author

Ronald Hutton is professor of history at Bristol University and a leading authority on the British Isles in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, on ancient and medieval paganism and magic, and on the global context of witchcraft beliefs. He is the author of nineteen books.

More in History

Looking from the North : Australian history from the top down - Henry Reynolds
Plebs Romana : People, Power and Politics in Ancient Rome - Peter Jones
The Burning Earth : An Environmental History of the Last 500 Years - Sunil Amrith
The Mysterious Case of the Victorian Female Detective - Sara Lodge
Where It All Went Wrong : The case against John Howard - Amy Remeikis
The Path of Light : Walking to Auschwitz - Anthony Seldon

RRP $45.00

$35.75

21%
OFF
Half of a Yellow Sun - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

RRP $22.99

$20.75

10%
OFF
A Voyage Around the Queen - Craig Brown

RRP $26.99

$22.99

15%
OFF
The Zorg : A Tale of Greed, Murder and the Abolition of Slavery - Siddharth Kara
The Voynich Manuscript - Raymond Clemens

RRP $82.95

$60.75

27%
OFF
True Girt : Unauthorised History of Australia : Volume 2 - David Hunt
The Catalpa Rescue - Peter FitzSimons

RRP $36.99

$29.75

20%
OFF
What a Ripper! : 60 everyday objects that shaped Australia - Tim Ross