To Catch A King Charles Ii S Great Escape
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To Catch A King Charles Ii S Great Escape
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Author : Charles Spencer
language : en
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
Release Date : 2017-10-05
To Catch A King Charles Ii S Great Escape written by Charles Spencer and has been published by HarperCollins UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-10-05 with History categories.
How did the most wanted man in the country outwit the greatest manhunt in British history?
To Catch A King
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Author : Charles Spencer
language : en
Publisher: William Collins
Release Date : 2018-05
To Catch A King written by Charles Spencer and has been published by William Collins this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-05 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
How did the most wanted man in the country outwit the greatest manhunt in British history? In January 1649, King Charles I was beheaded in London outside his palace of Whitehall and Britain became a republic. When his eldest son, Charles, returned in 1651 to fight for his throne, he was crushed by the might of Cromwell's armies at the battle of Worcester. With 3,000 of his supporters lying dead and 10,000 taken prisoner, it seemed as if his dreams of power had been dashed. Surely it was a foregone conclusion that he would now be caught and follow his father to the block? At six foot two inches tall, the prince towered over his contemporaries and with dark skin inherited from his French-Italian mother, he stood out in a crowd. How would he fare on the run with Cromwell's soldiers on his tail and a vast price on his head? The next six weeks would form the most memorable and dramatic of Charles' life. Pursued relentlessly, Charles ran using disguise, deception and relying on grit, fortitude and good luck. He suffered grievously through weeks when his cause seemed hopeless. He hid in an oak tree - an event so fabled that over 400 English pubs are named Royal Oak in commemoration. Less well-known events include his witnessing a village in wild celebrations at the erroneous news of his killing; the ordeal of a medical student wrongly imprisoned because of his similarity in looks; he disguised himself as a servant and as one half of an eloping couple. Once restored to the throne as Charles II, he told the tale of his escapades to Samuel Pepys, who transcribed it all. In this gripping, action-packed, true adventure story, based on extensive archive material, Charles Spencer, bestselling author of Killers of the King, uses Pepys's account and many others to retell this epic adventure.
Charles Ii And His Escape Into Exile
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Author : Martyn R. Beardsley
language : en
Publisher: Pen and Sword History
Release Date : 2020-02-19
Charles Ii And His Escape Into Exile written by Martyn R. Beardsley and has been published by Pen and Sword History this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-02-19 with History categories.
The English king’s epic escape from his own country is thrillingly recounted in this authoritative history. Though the Parliament of Scotland proclaimed him king in 1649, Charles II faced a formidable enemy in England. His attempt to reclaim the throne ended in defeat at the Battle of Worcester—and thus began the battle to save his own life. Pursued wherever he went by soldiers from the conflict as well as local militia, Charles donned peasant clothing, crudely cut his hair, and tried to adopt a rustic accent. With the secret help of a succession of loyal citizens, he walked till his feet were shredded, waded rivers, coolly mixed with anti-royalists and enemy troopers—and, famously, hid in an oak tree. Never sure of who could be trusted, his peregrinations eventually led to a port in West Sussex where he could secure passage to safety across the Channel. “Unreservedly recommended for personal reading lists, as well as community, college, and university library Historical Royal British Biographies collections.” —Midwest Book Review
Charles Ii S Escape From Worcester
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Author : Samuel Pepys
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 1966
Charles Ii S Escape From Worcester written by Samuel Pepys and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1966 with History categories.
King Charles Ii
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Author : Antonia Fraser
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2011-06-16
King Charles Ii written by Antonia Fraser and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-06-16 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
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.
The Greatest Escape
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Author : Charles Stuart
language : en
Publisher: Lulu.com
Release Date : 2013-09
The Greatest Escape written by Charles Stuart and has been published by Lulu.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-09 with Escapes categories.
Charles Stuart's escape from The Battle of Worcester in 1651 is one of the English monarchy's most significant events. Not only did his escape ensure the eventual continuation of the institution of the monarchy but the feat itself is truly remarkable. Charles dictated the account of his escape to Samuel Pepys years later and it is one of the finest primary sources of its kind. The Battle of Worcester Society is thrilled to be able to bring this work, once again, to the public domain. Along with supporting information and an introduction written by the society's President and former Chairman the text is presented in this book along with Pepys' notes.
The King S Revenge
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Author : Michael Walsh
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2012-08-28
The King S Revenge written by Michael Walsh and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-08-28 with History categories.
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.
Killers Of The King
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Author : Charles Spencer
language : en
Publisher: A&C Black
Release Date : 2014-09-11
Killers Of The King written by Charles Spencer and has been published by A&C Black this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-09-11 with History categories.
Charles Spencer tells the shocking stories and fascinating fates of the men who signed Charles I's death warrant in this Sunday Times bestseller 'Seamless, pacy and riveting ... exceptional' ALISON WEIR 'The virtues of a thriller and of scholarship are potently combined' TOM HOLLAND 'Outstanding: a thrilling tale of retribution and bloody sacrifice' JESSIE CHILDS __________________ January, 1649. After seven years of fighting in the bloodiest war in Britain's history, Parliament faced a problem: what to do with a defeated king, a king who refused to surrender? Parliamentarians resolved to do the unthinkable, to disregard the Divine Right of Kings and hold Charles I to account for the appalling suffering and slaughter endured by his people. On an icy winter's day on a scaffold outside Whitehall, the King of England was executed. When the dead king's son, Charles II, was restored to the throne, he set about enacting a deadly wave of retribution against all those – the lawyers, the judges, the officers on the scaffold – responsible for his father's death. Bestselling historian Charles Spencer explores this violent clash of ideals through the individuals whose fates were determined by that one, momentous decision. A powerful tale of revenge from the dark heart of royal history and a fascinating insight into the dangers of political and religious allegiance in Stuart England, these are the shocking stories of the men who dared to kill a king.
Paper Bullets
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Author : Harold M. Weber
language : en
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Release Date : 2021-10-21
Paper Bullets written by Harold M. Weber and has been published by University Press of Kentucky this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-10-21 with History categories.
The calculated use of media by those in power is a phenomenon dating back at least to the seventeenth century, as Harold Weber demonstrates in this illuminating study of the relation of print culture to kingship under England's Charles II. Seventeenth-century London witnessed an enormous expansion of the print trade, and with this expansion came a revolutionary change in the relation between political authority—especially the monarchy—and the printed word. Weber argues that Charles' reign was characterized by a particularly fluid relationship between print and power. The press helped bring about both the deconsecration of divine monarchy and the formation of a new public sphere, but these processes did not result in the progressive decay of royal authority. Charles fashioned his own semiotics of power out of the political transformations that had turned his world upside down. By linking diverse and unusual topics—the escape of Charles from Worcester, the royal ability to heal scrofula, the sexual escapades of the "merry monarch," and the trial and execution of Stephen College—Weber reveals the means by which Charles took advantage of a print industry instrumental to the creation of a new dispensation of power, one in which the state dominates the individual through the supplementary relationship between signs and violence. Weber's study brings into sharp relief the conflicts involving public authority and printed discourse, social hierarchy and print culture, and authorial identity and responsibility—conflicts that helped shape the modern state.
Prince Rupert The Last Cavalier
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Author : Charles Spencer
language : en
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
Release Date : 2020-09-17
Prince Rupert The Last Cavalier written by Charles Spencer and has been published by HarperCollins UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-09-17 with History categories.
A brilliant history of Prince Rupert of the Rhine from his penniless start, becoming a soldier in his teenage years, up to his life as King Charles I’s most famous and spectacular general.