The Verneys
by Adrian Tinniswood |
Heroes
by Paul Johnson | 
Quarrel with the King
by Adam Nicolson | 
God's Fury, England's Fire
by Michael Braddick |
The King's War: 1641-1647
by C. V. Wedgwood |
The Causes of the English Revolution: 1529-1642
by Lawrence Stone | 
Arbella
by Sarah Gristwood |
The Trial of Charles I
by C. V. Wedgwood |
The King's Peace, 1637-1641
by C. V. Wedgwood | 
Ungrateful Daughters
by Maureen Waller | 
A Gambling Man
by Jenny Uglow |
Cromwell
by Antonia Fraser | 
Elizabeth of York: A Tudor Queen and Her World
by Alison Weir |
The Century of Revolution, 1603-1714
by Christopher Hill |
The World Turned Upside Down
by Christopher Hill | 
The Wright Brothers
by David McCullough | 
Empire of the Summer Moon
by S. C. Gwynne | 
The Professor and the Madman
by Simon Winchester | 
Zeitoun
by Dave Eggers | 
Mobituaries
by Mo Rocca |
A nuanced biography of Oliver Cromwell, breaking down Cromwell's life into different parts: fenland farmer and humble backbencher; stalwart of the good old cause and the New Model Army; key figure of the Commonwealth; and finally Lord Protector. Hill leads the reader unsentimentally through Cromwell's life from his beginnings in Huntingdonshire to his brutal end. Hill brings all his considerable knowledge of the period to bear on the relationships God's Englishman had with God and England. Such a detailed understanding of the workings of providence is vital to understanding Cromwell.