First edition. 384pp. Red cloth-covered boards; gilt titles on spine (possible lender's binding). 8vo. Sun-faded spine; lightly bumped ends, shelf number. Very lightly rubbed corners. Wear to boards; slightly cocked. Text block edges tanning and just starting to fox. Prelims foxing. Ex-library copy with lender's usual barcodes, stamps and markings on title and copyright pages.
A study of Oliver Cromwell which focusses as much on the personality of the man as on his career as a soldier and ultimately as the leader of the Protectorate and Commonwealth.