CONTENTS

CHAPTER I
PAGE
EARLY LIFE, 1599–1629[1]
CHAPTER II
THE PREPARATION FOR THE CIVIL WAR, 1629–1640[19]
CHAPTER III
THE LONG PARLIAMENT, 1640–1642[47]
CHAPTER IV
THE FIRST CAMPAIGN, 1642[69]
CHAPTER V
CROMWELL IN THE EASTERN ASSOCIATION, 1643[86]
CHAPTER VI
MARSTON MOOR, 1644[102]
CHAPTER VII
NASEBY AND LANGPORT, 1645–1646[121]
CHAPTER VIII
PRESBYTERIANS AND INDEPENDENTS, 1642–1647[142]
CHAPTER IX
ARMY AND PARLIAMENT, 1647–1648[164]
CHAPTER X
THE SECOND CIVIL WAR, 1648[193]
CHAPTER XI
CROMWELL AND THE KING’S EXECUTION, 1648–1649[207]
CHAPTER XII
THE REPUBLIC AND ITS ENEMIES, 1649[232]
CHAPTER XIII
IRELAND, 1649–1650[255]
CHAPTER XIV
CROMWELL AND SCOTLAND, 1650–1651[276]
CHAPTER XV
THE END OF THE LONG PARLIAMENT, 1651–1653[300]
CHAPTER XVI
THE FOUNDATION OF THE PROTECTORATE, 1653[326]
CHAPTER XVII
CROMWELL’S DOMESTIC POLICY, 1654–1658[346]
CHAPTER XVIII
CROMWELL’S FOREIGN POLICY, 1654–1658[370]
CHAPTER XIX
CROMWELL’S COLONIAL POLICY[390]
CHAPTER XX
CROMWELL AND HIS PARLIAMENTS[409]
CHAPTER XXI
THE DEATH OF CROMWELL, 1658–1660[433]
CHAPTER XXII
CROMWELL AND HIS FAMILY[453]
CHAPTER XXIII
EPILOGUE[467]
INDEX[487]