Marcus Nevitt

How weird was Oliver Cromwell?

The pious people’s champion was not only a sadist and ruthless self-promoter; he could also indulge in infantile horseplay during the pressurised period leading up to the regicide

Portrait of Oliver Cromwell by Robert Walker, c.1649. [Alamy]

  • Oliver Cromwell: Commander in Chief

    Ronald Hutton

    Yale, pp. 480, £25

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