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The death of Oliver Cromwell /H.F. McMains.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, (c)2015.Description: 1 online resource (268 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780813159102
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • DA427 .D438 2015
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Contents:
Subject: For centuries, rumors have circulated in England that Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell did not die of natural causes. Now, in a fascinating book that reads like a historical whodunit, we have a motive, a means, a murderer (complete with his own deathbed confession), and a supporting cast that includes John Milton and Andrew Marvell. Almost from the moment of Cromwell's death in 1658, writers and biographers have dismissed suspicions of foul play as little more than the result of a powerful person's unexpected demise. They have assumed that at age fifty-nine Cromwell was in generally poor health a.
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Includes bibliographies and index.

Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Introduction; 1. Outward Signs; 2. Ireton: Death and Destiny; 3. Cromwell: Ivit ad Plures; 4. An Unexpected Good Accident; 5. Infernal Saints; 6. Hic Situs Est; Appendix; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

For centuries, rumors have circulated in England that Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell did not die of natural causes. Now, in a fascinating book that reads like a historical whodunit, we have a motive, a means, a murderer (complete with his own deathbed confession), and a supporting cast that includes John Milton and Andrew Marvell. Almost from the moment of Cromwell's death in 1658, writers and biographers have dismissed suspicions of foul play as little more than the result of a powerful person's unexpected demise. They have assumed that at age fifty-nine Cromwell was in generally poor health a.

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