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Cromwell's Head (Hardcover)

by Jonathan Fitzgibbons (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 240 pages
  • Publisher: The National Archives (10 Oct 2008)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1905615388
  • ISBN-13: 978-1905615384
  • Product Dimensions: 18.6 x 12.2 x 3.2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 261,564 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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This is a very entertaining book, full of clever observations and eccentric details --The Sunday Times

this riveting book by Jonathan Fitzgibbons, a young historian who has spent years uncovering a tale of skulduggery --Mail on Sunday

A fascinating new take --Liverpool Echo


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A powerful and dramatic re-telling of the mysterious adventures of Cromwell's head - its remarkable travels after death and the talents it displayed in life. Exhumed from his vault in Westminster Abbey, the former Lord Protector was hung with other dead regicides on Tyburns' ' Triple Tree' before being decapitated - launching his head upon three centuries of extraordinary adventures. From a traitor's pole outside Westminster Hall to a serious study of 'cranial detectives' - not to mention drunken actors and French revolutionaries along the way - the macabre talisman fascinated all those who encountered it. Cromwell's Head tells the story of the story of the head's remarkable journey, blending gruesome humour with a compelling portrait of the great parliamentarian in life. It explores his many talents and intriguing contradictions - country gentleman and farmer, brilliant military commander and cavalry leader, loving father and stern Puritan - and pays tribute to the passionate politician who sought to be remembered 'warts and all' by those he came to serve.

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5.0 out of 5 stars The Rise and Fall of an English Moses, 30 Dec 2008
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Love him or loathe him, Oliver Cromwell was an extraordinary individual whose personality embodied many contradictions. 350 years after his death, his reputation still provokes controversy; so much so, in fact, that the relic of his severed head had to be buried in secret at Cambridge University.

Jonathan Fitzgibbons' book examines the provenance of this gruesome relic, charting its fluctuating fortunes, and showing how they mirror the changes that have come about in Cromwell's reputation over succeeding generations. The author even includes an assessment of some of the more fanciful interpretations of Cromwell to be found on film and television.

Personally, I would have liked the author to have gone further concerning the Curse of Cromwell (perhaps drawing attention to recent demands by British MPs for the demolition of the Thorneycroft statue outside Parliament) but it's a peach of a book, and one that I wish I'd written myself.
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