A period of history that has always fascinated me, and upon which I focused at university, was the English Republic of 1649-60. Whilst historically it collapsed shortly after the death of Oliver Cromwell, at the time this was by no means inevitable. There are a number of ways in which it might have continued, but in my personal opinion one in particular would have given it the best chance of surviving.
This is my first time writing up a timeline for this site, so please be lenient with me and accepting of any minor errors, be they historical, grammatical, etc. I'm not very good at writing narratives, so don't expect any conversation or character pieces; entries will be written from the perspective of the the modern day, summarising the events of this alternate timeline.
And now, to begin....
This is my first time writing up a timeline for this site, so please be lenient with me and accepting of any minor errors, be they historical, grammatical, etc. I'm not very good at writing narratives, so don't expect any conversation or character pieces; entries will be written from the perspective of the the modern day, summarising the events of this alternate timeline.
And now, to begin....
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26 November 1651: After weeks of steadily worsening illness, the health of Henry Ireton, Lord Deputy of Ireland and son-in-law of Oliver Cromwell, Captain-General of the Parliamentary New Model Army and Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, finally begins to improve. Whilst Ireton remains seriously ill and extremely weak, his doctors no longer believe that he will die.
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