{"product_id":"2026600000184-secondhand-oliver-cromwell","title":"Oliver Cromwell","description":"\u003cp\u003eEdition: 1st ed., 4th pr.,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Fair                          \u003cbr\u003eJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage\u003cbr\u003ePages: Tanning and foxing         ,          price clipped\u003cbr\u003eMarkings: No markings\u003cbr\u003eCondition remarks: Scarce DJ - chipped with some loss. . Boards - good. Binding - slightly shaky. Text - Moderate foxing. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA masterful work of historical biography, John Buchan's Oliver Cromwell chronicles the life of one of England's most formidable and controversial figures, tracing his rise from a Huntingdonshire farmer to Lord Protector of the Commonwealth. Buchan presents Cromwell not as a rigid Puritan zealot, but as a complex, deeply human leader whose religious conviction and military genius reshaped the political landscape of seventeenth-century Britain. With the narrative authority and vivid prose that distinguished Buchan as both a novelist and statesman, the biography illuminates the contradictions at the heart of Cromwell's character — a man of profound faith who ordered brutal military campaigns, and a champion of Parliament who ultimately ruled as a near-monarch. Drawing on extensive historical sources, Buchan argues that Cromwell's legacy is inseparable from the broader struggle for liberty and constitutional government in the English-speaking world. The result is a richly detailed, compulsively readable portrait that stands as one of the finest political biographies of the twentieth century.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48810638082267,"sku":"2026600000184-SECONDHAND","price":80.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/dae8e321-5d7a-4586-8900-424215ddc3a9.png?v=1779806408","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026600000184-secondhand-oliver-cromwell","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}