The Trial of Charles I (Penguin Classic History S.) - Softcover

Wedgwood, C. V.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0141390743 ISBN 13: 9780141390741

Publisher: Penguin Classics, 2001

Synopsis

The King's trial and subsequent execution were felt by many contemporaries to be the most horrifying events of the English Civil War.

About this title

Synopsis:

The trial and execution of Charles I shocked all Europe. On 20 November 1648 the Puritan army - Cromwell's army - demanded before the House of Commons that the king be brought to trial. Just over two months later on 30 January 1649, he was beheaded. In her acclaimed account C.V. Wedgood recreates the exciting events of those ten weeks, bringing vividly before us the main actors in this tragic drama: the calm and lonely Charles I and the daunting, iron-willed Cromwell.

About the Author:

Dame Veronica Wedgwood was born in 1910 and educated in London, France, Germany and at Oxford University. She was awarded the Order of Merit in 1969 and died in 1997. A prolific writer, her books include THE KING'S PEACE and THE KING'S WAR also published in Penguin Classic History. Professor Sir John Plumb wrote of Dame Veronica that 'Her gifts are splendid and altogether exceptional. She is a great craftswoman and a great writer.'

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin Classics
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0141390743
• ISBN 13: 9780141390741
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 272