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Author : Charles Spencer
Release : 2017-10-05
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 655/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis To Catch A King: Charles II's Great Escape by : Charles Spencer
Download or read book To Catch A King: Charles II's Great Escape written by Charles Spencer. This book was released on 2017-10-05. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How did the most wanted man in the country outwit the greatest manhunt in British history?
Author : Michael Walsh
Release : 2012-08-28
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 546/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The King's Revenge by : Michael Walsh
Download or read book The King's Revenge written by Michael Walsh. This book was released on 2012-08-28. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Charles I was executed, his son Charles II made it his role to search out retribution, producing the biggest manhunt Britain had ever seen, one that would span Europe and America and would last for thirty years. Men who had once been among the most powerful figures in England ended up on the scaffold, on the run, or in fear of the assassin's bullet. History has painted the regicides and their supporters as fanatical Puritans, but among them were remarkable men, including John Milton and Oliver Cromwell. Don Jordan and Michael Walsh bring these remarkable figures and this astonishing story vividly to life an engrossing, bloody tale of plots, spies, betrayal, fear and ambition.
Author : Charles Spencer
Release : 2015-01-20
Genre : History
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 127/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Killers of the King by : Charles Spencer
Download or read book Killers of the King written by Charles Spencer. This book was released on 2015-01-20. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the lives of the men who signed Charles I's death warrant and the far-reaching consequences for them, those present at the trial, and England itself.
Author : Georgette Heyer
Release : 2008-06-01
Genre : Fiction
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Book Rating : 018/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Royal Escape by : Georgette Heyer
Download or read book Royal Escape written by Georgette Heyer. This book was released on 2008-06-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fascinating look into a tumultuous interlude in British history and the life of Bonnie Prince Charlie. This brilliantly entertaining novel is a fictionalization of the true story of Charles II (May 29, 1630 February 6,1685), charting his daring flight to France after the Battle of Worcester, where Cromwell and his Protestant forces defeated the Catholic king.For six weeks, Charles' life was in danger as he hid in the English countryside, disguised as a servant, unable to find a way across heavily guarded borders.His loyal courtiers were appalled by the ease and glee with which he adopted his new humble identity, insisting on chatting and even drinking with ostlers and houseboys.Two young women were instrumental in his eventual escape and one of them became a lifelong friend of the exiled king.
Author : Antonia Fraser
Release : 2011-06-16
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
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Book Rating : 685/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis King Charles II by : Antonia Fraser
Download or read book King Charles II written by Antonia Fraser. This book was released on 2011-06-16. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Following a youth of poverty and bitter exile after his father's execution, the ousted king first challenged, then made his magnificent escape from, Cromwell's troops before he was eventually restored to his throne in triumph in 1660. Spanning his life both before and after the Restoration, Antonia Fraser's lively and fascinating biography captures all the vitality of the man and the expansiveness of the age.
