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The Second Protectorate Parliament meets, and the Major-Generals purge a third of the MPs before it even begins. Royalists and Levellers conspire to assassinate Lord Protector Cromwell. Thoughts turn towards a new royal dynasty.
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Martyn Bennet, Oliver Cromwell, 2006.
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Barry Coward, The Cromwellian Protectorate, 2002.
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Paul Lay, Providence Lost: The Rise and Fall of the English Republic, 2020.
Anna Keay, The Restless Republic, 2022.
Ian Gentles, The New Model Army: Agent of Revolution, 2022.
Carla Gardina Pestana, The English Conquest of Jamaica: Oliver Cromwell’s Bid for Empire, 2017.
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The Narragansett join the war after their town is massacred, and Philip tries to bring the Mohawk into the war on his side. Mary Rowlandson is taken prisoner, and writes a narrative of her time in captivity.
The Wabanaki enter the war; Praying Indians are interned on Deer Island; the United Colonies march on the Narragansett
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The first shots of the King Philip's War, as the United Colonies of New England face off against Philip, Sachem of the Wampanoag. Will the colonies get the short, easy war they expect?