![]() In this vivid new portrait - informed by previously unseen manuscripts, including letters between the king and his queen - Leanda de Lisle uncovers a Charles I who was principled and brave, but also fatally blinkered. Too often he is recalled as weak and stupid, his wife, Henrietta Maria, as spoilt and silly- the cause of his ruin. His reign is one of the most dramatic in history, yet Charles the man remains elusive. ![]() At the head of this disintegrating kingdom was Charles I. The Civil Wars set family against family, friend against friend, and its casualties were immense iiii- a greater proportion of the population than in World War I. ![]() Less than forty years after the golden age of Elizabeth I, England was at war with itself. Print White King: Charles I - Traitor, Murderer, Martyr ![]()
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