Du Puy, a bachelor, died intestate in 1738, and it seems that Cromwell’s head somehow reverted to the sentry Barnes’ family, for the next we hear is that it is in the possession of Samuel Russell, “a dissolute, drunken and impecunious comedian.” Russell appears to have married Barne...
Oliver Cromwell - the only commoner to have become Britain's head of state - has puzzled biographers for centuries. He was a complex character, courageous but at the same time devious and self-serving. But the Cromwell who comes through in his own speeches and writings does not give us the...
Friday Book: The resurrection of Oliver Cromwell ; Roundhead Reputations: the English civil wars and the passions of posterity by Blair Worden (Allen Lane, pounds 20)WHEN TOURISTS queue up to visit the House of Commons, they stand in line beneath a grim statue that fronts Westminster Hall. ...
当当书之源外文图书在线销售正版《预订 The Embalmed Head of Oliver Cromwell: A Memoir: The Complete History [ISBN:9780986239335]》。最新《预订 The Embalmed Head of Oliver Cromwell: A Memoir: The Complete History [ISBN:9780986239335]》简介、书评、试读、价
159. Oliver Cromwell came to Stamford in 1643, following the retreat of the Cavalier army who had tried to capture Peterborough. 160. Oliver had never seen a dirtier or more miserable place. 161. Dickie jumped off the pontoon into the flat-bottomed boat moored alongside, and lifted Oliver ...
which weapon it is said that Cromwell carried off. The outside casing of the shield has broken away, as you observe, but the lions or lizards, or whatever they were meant for, and the flower-de-laces or plumes may still be seen. The metallic scales, if such they were, have partially...
40.3 miles from Oliver Cromwell's House "Me and my husband stayed in room 19 we had problems with channels on the tv and the door catch kept popping out when we opened the toilet door but apart from that the room was big and warm and the people was happy..." Breakfast included ...
Travel: At home with Oliver Cromwell The Roundhead leader was born 400 years ago today. Martin Thompson marches into East Anglia to find the human face of the old IronsideMARTIN THOMPSON