The Prisoner King (eBook)

Charles I in Captivity

John Matusiak (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2017
396 Seiten
The History Press (Verlag)
978-0-7509-8504-8 (ISBN)

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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'.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 28.9.2017
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
• Schlagworte: absent wife • assassination • battle of Newark • British Monarch • captivity • Carisbrook Castle • charles i, charles 1, charles i of england, english civil war, newark, battle of newark, king charles, king charles i, king charles 1, king charles of england, martyr king, man of blood, holdenby house, newmarket, oatlands, hampton court, southampton, isle of wight, carisbrook castle • Charles I in captivity • colonel robert hammond • colonel robert hammond, cornet george joyce, newport, hurst castle, • commonwealth regime • cornet george joyce • defeat • English Civil War • escape attempt • Espionage • Execution • Hampton Court • holdenby house • Hurst Castle • Isle of Wight • |king Charles I • King Charles I • king Charles I, english civil war, commonwealth regime, defeat, execution, british monarch, legacy, captivity, surrender, Newark, may 1646, trial, subfertuge, espionage, assassination, escape attempt, absent wife, man of blood, martyr king, Charles I in captivity, battle of Newark, holdenby house, • legacy • man of blood • martyr king • may 1646 • Newark • Newmarket • newmarket, oatlands, hampton court, southampton, isle of wight, carisbrook castle, colonel robert hammond, cornet george joyce, newport, hurst castle, • Newport • oatlands • Southampton • subfertuge • Surrender • Trial
• ISBN-10: 0-7509-8504-6 / 0750985046
• ISBN-13: 978-0-7509-8504-8 / 9780750985048