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Memoirs of the life of Colonel Hutchinson, Governor of Nottingham Castle and Town, representative of the County of Nottingham in the Long Parliament,

Memoirs of the life of Colonel Hutchinson, Governor of Nottingham Castle and Town, representative of the County of Nottingham in the Long Parliament,

Hutchinson, Lucy

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ISBN10: 9353800749
ISBN13: 9789353800741
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Jul 1 2019
Pages: 556
Weight: 1.54
Height: 1.24 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Written from the inside of revolution, these Memoirs trace how a country tears itself apart and tries to govern again. Power changes men; faith steadies. Lucy Hutchinson sets down an unabridged historical memoir of Colonel John Hutchinson, parliamentarian governor of Nottingham Castle and Town and a prominent voice in the Long Parliament. It is at once a seventeenth century biography and a complete parliamentarian memoir: vivid in character, exacting in judgement, and rich with original anecdotes of the most distinguished contemporaries. She adds a summary review of public affairs, shaped by observation rather than rumour alone. Through her clear-eyed Puritan political writings, the reader follows English Civil War politics from the struggle with the Crown to the trial of Charles I, then on through English Commonwealth restoration and the hard reckoning of Stuart England history. The result rewards both immersive narrative reading and academic history reading, offering British history research value without losing the pulse of lived experience. As a landmark of early modern life-writing, Hutchinson's work preserves a principled Parliamentarian perspective rarely matched for intimacy and moral seriousness, while also speaking to Nottinghamshire local history and the wider story of a nation remade. For casual readers it moves with urgent clarity; for classic-literature collectors it stands as a finely wrought record of conscience in action. Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today - a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike.

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