{"product_id":"2026200018710-secondhand-cromwell-our-chief-of-men","title":"Cromwell: Our Chief Of Men","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFew figures in British history inspire such fierce debate as Oliver Cromwell — soldier, statesman, regicide, and Lord Protector — and Antonia Fraser's monumental Cromwell: Our Chief of Men presents the most comprehensive and compelling portrait of this contradictory giant ever committed to the page. Set against the blood-soaked backdrop of the English Civil War, the biography chronicles Cromwell's extraordinary rise from obscure Huntingdonshire farmer to the most powerful man in England, a journey shaped by Puritan conviction, military genius, and an iron will that toppled a king and transformed a nation.\n\nFraser brings her celebrated narrative flair and rigorous scholarly authority to bear on a life that defies simple judgment, presenting Cromwell not as a cardboard tyrant or sainted liberator, but as a deeply human figure tormented by doubt, driven by faith, and capable of both breathtaking mercy and terrible violence. Drawing on a vast wealth of primary sources, she illuminates the political and religious upheavals of seventeenth-century England with the vividness of a novelist and the precision of a historian. A landmark of biographical writing, this work leaves the reader questioning whether Cromwell was England's greatest champion of liberty — or its most dangerous authoritarian.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50572870582491,"sku":"2026200018710-SECONDHAND","price":15.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/e0cc0708-22f1-4010-9caf-1519291c7351.png?v=1791167508","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200018710-secondhand-cromwell-our-chief-of-men","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}