Elizabeth: Oliver Cromwell’s ‘queen’

5 December 2014 Oliver Cromwell remains an intensely controversial figure – the subject of ongoing debate. But what was it like to be a woman at that time, and especially to be the Lady Protectress – wife of the Lord Protector himself, asks Samira Ahmed. There’s a special mystery around the life of Elizabeth Cromwell.Continue reading “Elizabeth: Oliver Cromwell’s ‘queen’”