Honestly， it's definitely the best biography of Oliver since Dame Antonia Fraser managed to brilliantly give us a complete look at one of the most controversial historical figures in English history more than 30 years ago。 Straight laced， very boring especially on the religious issues， it's impossible today to avoid the fact that Oliver Cromwell and later William of Orange not only saved the beautiful island from utter destruction but they also gave us the right to bitch against the Windsors。 Th Honestly， it's definitely the best biography of Oliver since Dame Antonia Fraser managed to brilliantly give us a complete look at one of the most controversial historical figures in English history more than 30 years ago。 Straight laced， very boring especially on the religious issues， it's impossible today to avoid the fact that Oliver Cromwell and later William of Orange not only saved the beautiful island from utter destruction but they also gave us the right to bitch against the Windsors。 They are really behind the UK as we know it today。 Those 2 unprepossessing men did it。 They really did it。 They did it。。。。。 Hutton's biography of Oliver is a dream comes true if you are European。 A fresh new approach to a very complex character & an intimate look at the man that managed to impose his truculent and unroyal will in the middle of the 17rh century in Europe。 This biography blew my mind away。 This is the first volume。 I can't wait for the second one。 I can't properly review this book。 It's simply too good。 I can't imagine that so many people are going around talking about Cromwell nowadays， but honestly if it's up your alley go for it。 It's refreshing and you might end up giving Oliver some credits after all。 He deserves a tremendous break especially if you are British。 Many thanks to Netgalley for this incredible ARC 。。。more