Oliver Cromwell Part 1: The Rise of Ironsides

Say “Oliver Cromwell” today and certain things come to mind. He won
the English Civil War and prompted the execution of Charles I. He
purged the realm with such zeal that he even cancelled Christmas.
In Ireland, where Cromwell’s troops besieged its towns with a
notorious barbarity, his name is still used as a curse. “The
greatest prince that ever ruled England”, as one historian called
him? Or, as Winston Churchill would counter, a tyrant and a despot?
A Noiser production, written by Jeff Dawson. Many thanks to Peter
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