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Killers of the king the men who dared to execute Charles I

On August 18, 1648, with no relief from the siege in sight, the royalist garrison holding Colchester Castle surrendered and Oliver Cromwell's army firmly ended the rule of Charles I of England. To send a clear message to the fallen monarch, the rebels executed four of the senior officers captur...

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Main Author: Spencer, Charles Spencer, Earl, 1964- (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Bloomsbury Press, 2014.
Edition: First U.S. edition.
Subjects:
Charles > I, > King of England, > 1600-1649.
Charles > I, > King of England, > 1600-1649 > Death and burial.
Regicides > Great Britain.
Great Britain > History > Charles I, 1625-1649.
Great Britain > History > Civil War, 1642-1649.
Great Britain > History > Commonwealth and Protectorate, 1649-1660.
Great Britain > History > 1660-1714.
Table of Contents:
  • Man of blood
  • A king on trial
  • The republic
  • A new monarchy
  • The word of a king
  • A bloody sacrifice
  • Men of God
  • A time to die
  • Surrender or else...
  • Strangers in a strange land
  • A Swiss sanctuary
  • Vengeance at least
  • An ocean away
  • Into the wilderness
  • To the last man.

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