A new three-volume publication featuring several of Oliver Cromwell's letters and speeches will be subject to an evening of talks, readings and performances at an event in Huntingdon.

The Cromwell Museum is hosting the in-person event at Huntingdon from Town Hall to celebrate the publication, which features new texts and provides more accurate transcriptions of previously known works, altering our understanding of Cromwell and his words.

Professor John Morrill of the University of Cambridge, one of the world's leading authorities on Cromwell, will be giving a talk alongside an actor reading some of Cromwell's best-known and most significant words.

Stuart Orme, Curator of the Cromwell Museum, said: "The publication of this new version of Cromwell's letters and speeches is a milestone in letting us understand this hugely significant figure, born and brought up here in Huntingdon.

"This event celebrates this achievement with a talk by the always engaging Professor Morrill and others of the team who worked on these volumes, with an actor performing readings of some of Cromwell's most significant speeches and letters."

Over the last decade, a team of academics from across Britain, Ireland and the USA have been working on collating, verifying and annotating this new edition of Oliver Cromwell's letters and speeches, consisting of more than 1,000 texts.

According to the Cromwell Museum, his speeches and letters reveal the public and the private man more completely than for almost any other early modern political leader.

The event is supported by the publisher, Oxford University Press and takes place on March 24 from 7.30pm-9.30pm in Huntingdon Town Hall's Assembly rooms, with spaces limited and early bookings advised.

Ticket prices include a complimentary glass of wine or soft drink, and all profits from the evening go to support the work of the Cromwell Museum, an independent charity.

To book and find out ticket prices, visit www.cromwellmuseum.org/events/