House of Cromwell

Britain’s Forgotten Dynasty

De: Miranda Malins

The House of Cromwell is an original new history that brings together Thomas Cromwell and Oliver Cromwell for the first time.

It is astonishing that these two men – two of the most powerful, impactful and controversial commoners in British history – came from the same family. They came from nothing and fell back to nothing, but not before they had walked with giants, changing everything as architects of the early modern world. Thomas made England, Oliver made Britain.

Miranda Malins takes readers on an extraordinary journey through two centuries of history, from the Wars of the Roses to the accession of the Hanoverians, to delight readers who love to explore family dynamics, dynastic succession and discover overlooked voices from the past – particularly those of women.

Family mattered above all else to the Cromwells. Without understanding their family, we will never fully understand them. The House of Cromwell is the first history of the most unique, disruptive, creative and controversial family to rule Britain.

©2026 Miranda Malins

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PRAISE FOR THE REBEL DAUGHTER:

Here is another superbly researched and vividly told novel about the gifted and spirited women of Oliver Cromwell's family; full of insight, detail and imaginative richness. It will be warmly welcomed, and will certainly kindle hopes for more historical fiction of this quality from Miranda Malins. ― Rowan Williams, former Archbishop of Canterbury

I cannot imagine a novel that would take me closer to the heart of Cromwell's world. In Bridget Cromwell, Miranda Malins has given us an utterly convincing flesh and blood heroine, who takes us by the hand and forces us to look unflinchingly at the men and the women, the blood and the dirt, the love and the loss of the most astonishing period in English history. ― S.G. Maclean, author of the Damian Seeker series

The Rebel Daughter in Miranda Malins' assured second novel is Bridget, Oliver Cromwell's eldest daughter whose story brings a wholly female perspective to the bloody turmoil of England's Civil War. 'Biddy' makes an engaging companion as she leads us, clear-eyed, through the complexities and horrors of the conflict; the battles and sieges, political ferment, the beheading of the king and Cromwell's part in ruthless massacres in Ireland. Through the twisting upheavals of rebellion and interregnum, her focus is always on the welfare of her family but she yearns to play a role, like the men around her, in shaping a better future for her country. This affecting, action-packed novel brings a momentous but often overlooked period of history vividly to life. ― Carolyn Kirby, author of The Conviction of Cora Burns and When We Fall