Oliver Cromwell: Lord Protector and the Unfinished Revolution

By Gordon J. MacKenzie

Oliver Cromwell was never supposed to matter. A minor country squire from Huntingdon, he stumbled into Parliament in 1640 with no great name, no fortune and no clear future. Within a decade he had destroyed a king, broken the last serious royalist armies in Britain, ruled as Lord Protector over England, Scotland and Ireland - and left behind a legacy still argued over three and a half centuries later.

Oliver Cromwell - Lord Protector follows his journey from anxious, little-known backbencher to the most powerful man in the British Isles. It traces the brutal learning curve of the English Civil Wars, the decision to put Charles I on trial, the horrors of Drogheda and Wexford, the "crowning mercies" at Dunbar and Worcester, and the difficult experiments of the Commonwealth and Protectorate.

Inside you'll find:
- A clear, fast-moving narrative of Cromwell's rise through war and politics
- A frank account of the Irish and Scottish campaigns and their lasting scars
- The making and breaking of the Protectorate - from dissolving the Rump to turning down the crown
- An honest look at his faith, his family life, and the contradictions that shaped his rule
- A concise timeline and selected reading list for deeper study

Neither hagiography nor hatchet job, this book treats Cromwell as he was: a hard, complicated man who believed, with dangerous sincerity, that God had chosen him to remake a nation. Oliver Cromwell - Lord Protector is the first volume in Lords of the Seventeenth Century, a series of sharp, readable biographies exploring the rulers, rebels and visionaries who carved that turbulent age.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0G6FLYCPC
• ISBN13: 9798278295648
• Release Date: December 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 124 Pages
• Weight: 0.39 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"