John Matusiak

The Prisoner King (eBook, ePUB)

Charles I in Captivity

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Much has been written about Charles I's reign, about the brutal civil war into which his pursuit of unfettered power plunged the realm, and about the Commonwealth regime that followed his defeat and execution. His reign is one that shaped the future of the British monarchy, and his legacy still remains with us today. The Prisoner King provides an examination of the crucial period encompassing Charles I's captivity after his surrender to the Scots at Newark in May 1646. Not only were the subsequent months before his trial a time when the human dimension of the king's predicament assumed intensity, they were also a critical watershed when the entire nation stood at the most fateful of crossroads. For Charles himself - as subterfuge, espionage and assassination rumours escalated on all fronts, escape attempts foundered, and tensions with his absent wife mounted agonisingly - the test was supreme. Yet, in a painful passage involving both stubborn impenitence and uncommon fortitude in the face of 'barbarous usage' by his captors, the 'Man of Blood' would ultimately come to merit his unique place in history as England's 'martyr king'.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: The History Press
• Seitenzahl: 396
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. September 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780750985048
• Artikelnr.: 49099637

Autorenporträt

JOHN MATUSIAK studied at the universities of London and Sussex before embarking upon a teaching career that eventually spanned more than thirty years. For over a third of that time, he was Head of the History Department at Colchester Royal Grammar School, founded in 1539 by Henry VIII. He is the acclaimed author of A History of the Tudors in 100 Objects (2019), Martyrs of Henry VIII (2019), Europe in Flames (2018), Wolsey (2014) and Henry VIII (2013).