Cromwell and the Caribbean

Having trouble reading this email? View in your browser This week: Oliver Cromwell's grand designs, the Anglo-Saxon case for rewilding and literary history. For more, subscribe here. THE PROTECTORATE  Imperial Designs A massive fleet set sail for Hispaniola in 1654 to conquer the Spanish Caribbean island for the Lord Protector, Oliver Cromwell. Things did not go to plan. ANGLO-SAXON The Wolf Must Be in the Woods The scarcity of wolves in medieval England probably contributed to their fearsome reputation. LITERATURE Portrait of the Author as a Historian From Stefan Zweig to Svetlana Alexievich, our series profiling writers who confronted history through literature is now available to read for free. Q&A On the Spot: Paul M. Cobb Twenty questions with historian of the Islamic world, Paul M. Cobb. 'Tudors or Stuarts? Bickering tyrants of a petty island kingdom.' INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION A (Working) Woman's Place As the Industrial Revolution wrought widespread social changes, female cotton industry workers' lives changed dramatically. This email is produced by History Today Ltd, publisher of the world's leading serious history magazine Copyright © 2017 History Today, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because your email address was opted-in at our website www.historytoday.com Our mailing address is: History Today 2nd Floor 9 Staple Inn London, WC1V 7QH United Kingdom Add us to your address book Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list