Life of Oliver Cromwell to the Death of Charles the First
Publisher: Adamant Media Corporation
Published: November 30, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 472
ISBN-13: 9781421268231
Subjects: Life,Oliver Cromwell,Death,Charles I,John Richard Andrews; Biography & Autobiography / Political; Biography & Autobiography / Royalty
First sentence: SOMEWHAT towards the close of the fifteenth century -when the long Wars of the Roses, which had lasted eighty, years, were drawing to a termination, consequent on the great victory at Bosworth Field, gained by Henry VII. over the tyrant Richard-there was living in the quiet village of Putney, not far from London, a man who carried on the trade of blacksmith, by name Cromwell.