Cromwell's Own : A Story of the Great Civil War (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Cromwell's Own: A Story of the Great Civil War A Close, sultry evening in June, 1640. The day had been cloudy and threatening, the sun had set in fiery splendour, and the weather-wise predicted rain. But the farmers who knew best and needed the rain most, shook their heads gloomily, and said it would not come vet, and when it did would be a deluge, and do more harm than good. In the court of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, the bees hummed drowsily, heavily laden and homeward bound. The master was fond of flowers, and from the trim beds, arranged in exact order among the rows of poplars which bordered the college lawns from gate to lodge, stole the scent of roses, wallflowers, and mignonette, filling with their sweet fragrance the students' studies and chambers above. "Sidney" of that day was, in outward appearance, very different from "Sidney" of this. Now we only sec a building which, though fine in outline and conception, is of a cold grey, smooth and uninteresting as the stonework of a modern cathedral. I11 those days it was in all the glory of a mellowed red brick, rich and deep in colouring and tone. The restorer's work had not begun. Sidney held at that time 120 students. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.