Oliver Cromwell and the Rule of the Puritans in England: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Oliver Cromwell and the Rule of the Puritans in England, credited to Charles H. Firth, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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LibriVox recording of Oliver Cromwell and the Rule of the Puritans in England by Charles H. Firth. Read in English by Ruth P.; Eric Evans; L0ki; Avyndus; Gary Conway; Richard Beiswanger; merendo07; fshort; niko1812; Beth Blakely The Life of Cromwell is in part based on an article contributed by the author to the Dictionary of National Biography in 1888, but embodies the result of later researches, and of recently discovered documents such as the Clarke Papers. The battle plans have been specially drawn for this volume by Mr. B. V. Darbishire, and in two cases differ considerably from those generally accepted as correct. The scheme of this series does not permit a discussion of the reasons why these alterations have been made, but the evidence concerning the battles in question has been carefully examined, and any divergence from received accounts is intentional. The reader who wishes to see this subject discussed at length is referred to a study of the battle of Marston Moor printed in Volume XII. of the Transactions of the Royal Historical Society (new series), and to a similar paper on Dunbar which will appear in Volume XIV. The quotations from Cromwell’s letters or speeches are, where necessary, freely abridged. - Summary by C.H. Firth

Recording facts

• Recording title: Oliver Cromwell and the Rule of the Puritans in England
• Author credits: Charles H. Firth
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 23
• Listed recording duration: 13:22:07

Catalogue topics

• civil war
• Puritans
• Roundheads
• oliver cromwell
• cavaliers

Track guide

1. 01 - EARLY LIFE, 1599–1629 — 30:28
2. 02 - THE PREPARATION FOR THE CIVIL WAR, 1629–1640 — 42:48
3. 03 - THE LONG PARLIAMENT, 1640–1642 — 37:45
4. 04 - THE FIRST CAMPAIGN, 1642 — 25:33
5. 05 - CROMWELL IN THE EASTERN ASSOCIATION, 1643 — 24:51
6. 06 - MARSTON MOOR, 1644 — 33:40
7. 07 - NASEBY AND LANGPORT, 1645–1646 — 33:06
8. 08 - PRESBYTERIANS AND INDEPENDENTS, 1642–1647 — 37:58
9. 09 - ARMY AND PARLIAMENT, 1647–1648 — 50:48
10. 10 - THE SECOND CIVIL WAR, 1648 — 24:25
11. 11 - CROMWELL AND THE KING’S EXECUTION, 1648–1649 — 36:53
12. 12 - THE REPUBLIC AND ITS ENEMIES, 1649 — 39:31
13. 13 - IRELAND, 1649–1650 — 33:52
14. 14 - CROMWELL AND SCOTLAND, 1650–1651 — 41:33
15. 15 - THE END OF THE LONG PARLIAMENT, 1651–1653 — 42:04
16. 16 - THE FOUNDATION OF THE PROTECTORATE, 1653 — 30:57
17. 17 - CROMWELL’S DOMESTIC POLICY, 1654–1658 — 41:13
18. 18 - CROMWELL’S FOREIGN POLICY, 1654–1658 — 33:58
19. 19 - CROMWELL’S COLONIAL POLICY — 29:59
20. 20 - CROMWELL AND HIS PARLIAMENTS — 41:22
21. 21 - THE DEATH OF CROMWELL, 1658–1660 — 34:24
22. 22 - CROMWELL AND HIS FAMILY — 20:58
23. 23 - EPILOGUE — 34:01

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