—Milton.
Executive Chamber, Albany,
June, 1900.
CONTENTS
| PAGE | ||
|---|---|---|
| I. | THE TIMES AND THE MAN | [1] |
| II. | THE LONG PARLIAMENT AND THE CIVIL WAR | [51] |
| III. | THE SECOND CIVIL WAR AND THE DEATH OF THE KING | [99] |
| IV. | THE IRISH AND SCOTCH WARS | [141] |
| V. | THE COMMONWEALTH AND PROTECTORATE | [177] |
| VI. | PERSONAL RULE | [210] |
ILLUSTRATIONS
| Oliver Cromwell | [Frontispiece] |
| (From the portrait by Robert Walker at Hinchingbrooke.) | |
| FACING PAGE | |
|---|---|
| Thomas Wentworth, Earl of Strafford | [8] |
| (From the miniature at Devonshire House.) | |
| Oliver Cromwell | [12] |
| (From a miniature by Cooper.) | |
| Sir John Eliot | [16] |
| (From the portrait by Van Somer at Port Eliot.) | |
| All Saints’ Church, Huntingdon | [24] |
| Cromwell’s House at Ely | [28] |
| Archbishop Laud | [34] |
| (From the portrait at Lambeth Palace, painted by Vandyke.) | |
| West Tower, Ely Cathedral, from Monastery Close | [40] |
| John Pym | [52] |
| (From the portrait by Cornelius Janssen.) | |
| Prince Rupert | [68] |
| (From the portrait by Vandyke at Hinchingbrooke.) | |
| Fac-simile of Letter from Oliver Cromwell to Mr. Storie, written January 11, 1635, said to be the earliest extant letter in Cromwell’s Handwriting | [74] |
| (From the original in the British Museum.) | |
| John Hampden | [80] |
| (From the portrait by Robert Walker at Port Eliot.) | |
| Cromwell’s Engagement with the Marquis of Newcastle’s Regiment of “Whitecoats” in the Battle of Marston Moor | [88] |
| The City Walls of York, with the Cathedral in the Distance | [96] |
| King Charles I. | [108] |
| (From the replica at the Dresden Gallery, by Sir Peter Lely.) | |
| General Sir Thomas Fairfax | [116] |
| (From the portrait by Robert Walker at Althorp.) | |
| John Milton | [120] |
| (From the drawing in crayon by Faithorne at Bayfordbury.) | |
| The Death Warrant of King Charles I.—Signed by Oliver Cromwell and other members of the court | [128] |
| (From the original in the library in the House of Lords.) | |
| Pride’s Purge | [136] |
| Interior of Westminster Hall. Where Parliament sat and where King Charles I. was tried and sentenced | [140] |
| Magdalen Tower, Drogheda | [154] |
| St. Lawrence’s Gate, Drogheda | [158] |
| Cromwell Leading the Assault on Drogheda | [164] |
| The Battle-field of Dunbar | [172] |
| Seal of the Protectorate | [178] |
| (From an impression in wax in the British Museum.) | |
| Admiral Robert Blake | [184] |
| (From the portrait at Wadham College, Oxford.) | |
| Cromwell Dissolving the Long Parliament | [186] |
| Oliver Cromwell | [190] |
| (From the painting at Althorp by Robert Walker.) | |
| The Clock Tower, Hampton Court | [200] |
| The Great Hall, Hampton Court—In this room the state dinners were given under the Protectorate | [206] |
| The Second Installation of Cromwell as Protector, in Westminster Hall, June 26, 1657 | [210] |
| Sir William Waller | [216] |
| (From the portrait by Sir Peter Lely at Goodwood.) | |
| Henry Cromwell—Son of the Protector, and Governor of Ireland | [220] |
| The Last Charge of the Ironsides | [226] |
| Richard Cromwell | [232] |
| Exterior of Westminster Hall | [236] |
| Oliver Cromwell | [240] |
| (From the bust by Bernini.) | |
OLIVER CROMWELL