Well researched and elegantly written [this] book strives to be more than a 'mere' biography. [.] An extremely important contribution to the historiography of Cromwellian Britain, and a model for future research into British history. THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY An outstanding study.clear and convincing. CROMWELLIANA A splendid account of the intricate nature of Britain and Ireland during the civil wars and the Interregnum, as seen through the career of Lord Broghill. [.] A superb study, which was sorely needed, of this important figure in Cromwellian politics.

UCD HISTORY REVIEW This is a finely nuanced study demonstrating how meticulously researched and thoughtful biography can provide powerful illumination for major and rather more impersonal themes such as state building, confessional strife and constitutional crisis. AMERICAN HISTORICAL REVIEW Offers an important and detailed reappraisal of Broghill's prominent role in English and British Protectoral politics of the mid- and later 1650s. [.] It is unlikely that anyone will be able to take the Broghill of the 1650s much further or paint a fuller and more rounded picture than Little. This is an excellent, thoughtful, and important biographical study, full of ideas and resonances. JOURNAL OF BRITISH HISTORY (US).