Pax Britannica: A History of the British Empire

03.37 - The Western Design

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With the Commonwealth quiet, Cromwell takes his conquests global. With as much secrecy as possible, the Protectorate puts together an expedition to strike at the vulnerable colonies of the Catholic powers: the Western Design. But first, the Lord Protector has to decide where to attack.

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This episode could not have been written without the following works:

  • Martyn Bennet, Oliver Cromwell, 2006.
  • Michael Braddick (ed.), The Oxford Handbook of the English Revolution, 2015.
  • Barry Coward, The Cromwellian Protectorate, 2002.
  • Jonathan Healey, The Blazing World, 2023.
  • Paul Lay, Providence Lost: The Rise and Fall of the English Republic, 2020.
  • Anna Keay, The Restless Republic, 2022.
  • John Morrill, The Letters, Writings, and Speeches of Oliver Cromwell, Volume 3: 16 December 1653 to 2 September 1658, 2023
  • John Kenyon and Jane Ohlmeyer, The Civil Wars: A Military History of England, Scotland, and Ireland, 1638-1660.
  • Alan MacInnes, The British Revolution, 1629-1660, 2004.
  • Ian Gentles, The New Model Army: Agent of Revolution, 2022.
  • Carla Gardina Pestana, 'Atlantic Mobilities and the Defiance of the Early Quakers', Journal of Early Modern History, 2023.
  • Carla Gardina Pestana, The English Atlantic in the Age of Revolution, 2007.
  • Carla Gardina Pestana, The English Conquest of Jamaica: Oliver Cromwell’s Bid for Empire, 2017.
  • Hilary Beckles, A History of Barbados: From Amerindian Settlement to Caribbean Single Market, 2006.


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