Oliver Cromwell Part 2: Civil War Across the Realms

Real Dictators

NOISER

History, Fiction, Drama

4.8 • 8.2K Ratings

🗓️ 23 April 2024

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

England is plunged into conflict. Oliver Cromwell, an obscure politician, soon proves himself an outstanding military commander. King Charles, meanwhile, unveils his own star signing - a dashing young cavalry officer named Prince Rupert. A daring mission featuring the Queen threatens to tip the balance the Royalists’ way. But Cromwell’s New Model Army will prove itself unstoppable… A Noiser production, written by Jeff Dawson. Many thanks to Peter Gaunt, Clare Jackson, Anna Keay, John Morrill, Nicholas O’Shaughnessy, Micheál Ó Siochrú. This is Part 2 of 4. Get every episode of Real Dictators a week early with Noiser+. You’ll also get ad-free listening, bonus material and early access to shows across the Noiser network. Click the Noiser+ banner to get started. Or, if you’re on Spotify or Android, go to noiser.com/subscriptions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Fever tree Mediterranean tonic water, made with zesty lemon time from a small family farm in
0:07.8	province and essential oils from herbs that grow in the Mediterranean sunshine.
0:13.4	So if three quarters of your g and tea is a fever tree tonic,
0:18.8	maybe it's time to call it
0:20.8	a T and G.
0:22.4	Fever tree, mix with the best.
0:27.0	Ooh that takes me straight to the med.
0:30.0	October the 23rd, 1642, a Sunday.
0:37.0	We're in the heart of England, near the village of Caynton and the county of Warwickshire.
0:44.0	It's a crisp autumn morning.
0:49.0	Across a misty rolling valley, two armies form up. On the slope of Edge Hill, under a fluttering
0:57.0	royal standard are 12,000 royalists there to fight for their king. A mile opposite, under the cross of St George, are a similar
1:07.9	number of parliamentarians, the self-proclaimed soldiers of the people.
1:14.0	An air of confusion hangs.
1:17.0	Nobody's quite sure how to even get this battle started.
1:21.0	It's been so long since anybody in England has fought a proper war that the organizers are
1:26.6	reduced to consulting instruction manuals. Swedish military strategy is currently all the rage.
1:34.0	Its musketeers in the centre, check.
1:36.0	Pike men on either side, check.
1:40.0	Time wears on, patience is straining. The mounted troops soothe their restless charges.
1:48.8	The infantry grow resentful at being pushed around by the clueless tofs. They know that in the end the Hurley-Burley will come down to them.
1:58.8	Them and their 16-foot lances, two bristling hedgehog walls ramming into each other.
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