Less than three years after Oliver Cromwell's magnificent funeral in 1658 his corpse was removed from Westminster Abbey and 'executed' at Tyburn. This gruesome ceremony launched Cromwell's head on three centuries of extraordinary adventures. This work tells the story of the head's remarkable journey.
Jonathan Fitzgibbons was winner of the Cromwell Association Essay prize in 2005. He is currently writing a doctoral thesis on Cromwell and the final years of the Protectorate at Balliol College, Oxford.
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