Turning to the 1990s, there has recently been a clutch of new biographical studies of Cromwell. B. Coward, Oliver Cromwell (1991) and P. Gaunt, Oliver Cromwell (1996) are both good, clear, up-to-date biographies, giving straightforward accounts of Cromwell's life and achievements. read more
Oliver Cromwell, 1599-1658. Rose from obscurity to become the most successful military and political leader of the Civil Wars. Lord Protector of England from 1654-8, he was offered—and refused—the Crown itself. O liver Cromwell was born in Huntingdon on 25 April 1599 and baptised at the church of St John four days later. read more