1st Edition
Charles I and Oliver Cromwell A Study in Contrasts and Comparisons
1. Prologue: Confrontation 2. The Child is Father of the Man 3. Men of God 4. Private Lives 5. Soldiering – I 6. Soldiering – II 7. Rulers at Home 8. Diplomacy and War – I 9. Diplomacy and War – II 10. Handling Parliaments – I 11. Handling Parliaments – II 12. Characters in Contrast 13. Revolutionary Times 14. Epilogue: Departure.
Biography
Maurice Ashley was a noted historian of the 17th Century and literary assistant to Winston Churchill.
‘A closely packed portmanteau of varied knowledge and mature thought, which travellers setting out on a voyage of discovery in the seventeenth century would do well to carry with them.’ C.V. Wedgewood, Time and Tide.
