Florence Ridley’s Reviews > Cromwell: The Lord Protector > Status Update

If I were Antonia Fraser’s partner, I would be deeply concerned by how visibly infatuated she is with a weird and at least faintly genocidal dead guy.

“Cromwell acted in a fit of uncontrollable passion, the kind of sudden beserk fury of which his career provides a number of bouts, including the famous massacre of Drogheda. In each case, he felt himself suddenly assailed by some unlooked-for piece of aggression or double-dealing, and reacted accordingly.”

Ah yes, he totally “reacted accordingly” when he slaughtered all those Irish children. What a guy.

Antonia Fraser is very thorough (derogatory).