Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. PLATES vii
4. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ix
5. A NOTE ON THE TEXT xi
6. INTRODUCTION 1
7. 1 THE ACCESSION OF RICHARD CROMWELL 36
8. 2 THE SECOND LORD PROTECTOR Army, Money, and Parliament 53
9. 3 THREE WEEKS IN APRIL 1659 The End of the Protectorate 78
10. 4 THE RETURN OF THE RUMP PARLIAMENT 104
11. 5 THE RUMP’S GRIP ON POWER 123
12. 6 THE SPLINTERING OF THE ACCORD Rump and Army, May to October 1659 144
13. 7 THE COMMITTEE OF SAFETY AND GENERAL MONCK 171
14. 8 THE TAKING OF PORTSMOUTH, THE REVOLT OF THE NAVY, AND THE FALL OF THE COMMITTEE OF SAFETY 200
15. 9 THE RUMP PARLIAMENT REDUX AND GENERAL MONCK January to February 1660 221
16. 10 THE LAST DAYS OF THE LONG PARLIAMENT 257
17. 11 THE ARMED RESISTANCE TO MONCK 271
18. 12 ‘SOE UNIVERSALL A FEARE AND DESPAIRE’ The Experience of Discord 293
19. 13 ALLEGIANCE AND SELF-PRESERVATION Navigating the Last Months of the Republic 319
20. EPILOGUE 352
21. NOTES 358
22. BIBLIOGRAPHY 420
23. INDEX 439