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Royal Renegades: The Children of Charles I and the English Civil Wars
Linda Porter
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Description for Royal Renegades: The Children of Charles I and the English Civil Wars
Hardback. Num Pages: 448 pages, 16pp plates. BIC Classification: 1DB; 3JD; HBJD1; HBLH; HBTV; HBWE. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 287 x 40. Weight in Grams: 754.
The fact that the English Civil War led to the execution of King Charles I in January 1649 is well known, as is the restoration of his eldest son as Charles II eleven years later. But what happened to the king's six surviving children is far less familiar. Casting new light on the heirs of the doomed king and his unpopular but indefatigable Catholic queen, Henrietta Maria, acclaimed historian Linda Porter brings to life their personalities, legacies, feuds and rivalries for the first time. As their calm and loving family life was shattered by ... Read more
The fact that the English Civil War led to the execution of King Charles I in January 1649 is well known, as is the restoration of his eldest son as Charles II eleven years later. But what happened to the king's six surviving children is far less familiar. Casting new light on the heirs of the doomed king and his unpopular but indefatigable Catholic queen, Henrietta Maria, acclaimed historian Linda Porter brings to life their personalities, legacies, feuds and rivalries for the first time. As their calm and loving family life was shattered by ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Condition
New
Number of Pages
448
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781447267546
SKU
9781447267546
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About Linda Porter
Linda Porter was the winner of the 2004 Biographers Club / Daily Mail Prize, and is the author of three critically acclaimed history books: Mary Tudor: The First Queen, Katherine the Queen: the Remarkable Life of Katherine Parr and Crown of Thistles: The Fatal Inheritance of Mary Queen of Scots. She is a regular contributor to BBC History Magazine and ... Read more
Reviews for Royal Renegades: The Children of Charles I and the English Civil Wars
One of the great untold stories of British history - a prince who knew what it was like to live as a pauper, an exiled princess as estranged from her husband as from England. Linda Porter's pacy and impeccably researched history takes the five surviving children of Charles I and gives full weight to the personal as well as the ... Read more