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Because of a desire to maximize text within a word count, I have not added a bibliography to this book, but have instead given full publication details for each work cited during its first appearance in the notes to each chapter, no matter how often it has been recorded before. In keeping with the convention for works on this period I have used dates according to the old (pre-1752) calendar, but taken the year as beginning on 1 January.
When dealing with the work of colleagues, of whom there are many both for anybody who writes on this period in general, and on Cromwell in particular, I have observed a dual system. Whenever I have drawn a conclusion on a specific matter on which I accord with what (to my knowledge) another historian has written, I have attempted to give that person full credit for the view. Conversely, however, I have not usually signalled a point at which I dissent from another author over a matter of detail. Experts in the subject will recognize such moments automatically, and students spot them as they get to know the field, while more general readers are unlikely to be interested. I have only the highest of respect for previous biographers of Cromwell, as for the many others who write upon the events in which he was engaged, and a large number are personal friends (while none are foes). I have therefore no desire to signal differences from them over petty matters, while over major issues – the pivotal importance of Oliver’s times and the enduring fascination of his character – we all agree.
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