Oliver Cromwell

 I caught up last evening with John Adamson's essay on England without Cromwell and followed that by watching John Morrill's discussion with Joel Halcomb on the editing and production of the three volumes on Cromwell's Letters and Speeches published by the Oxford University Press in 2023. A more than stimulating way to develop one's knowledge.

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