‘All His Spies’ and ‘Spycraft’ review
All His Spies: The Secret World of Robert Cecil and Spycraft: Tricks and Tools of the Dangerous Trade from Elizabeth I to the Restoration bring Tudor and Stuart espionage in from the cold.
Jackie Eales
The Letters, Writings, and Speeches of Oliver Cromwell, Volume I, II and III review
From backbench MP and minor gentleman to Lord Protector and almost-king, a new edition provides the most complete and accurate version of Oliver Cromwell’s writings to date.
You and Whose Army?
Civil War politics amongst MPs and the New Model Army.
Can You Keep a Secret?
A hidden network of 17th-century female spies
‘The Common Freedom of the People’ review
The Common Freedom of the People: John Lilburne & the English Revolution by Michael Braddick charts his remarkable rise.