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The chronicle of the first half of the seventeenth century is, in a very real sense an account of the conflict between Charles Stuart and Oliver Cromwell and the beliefs that impelled them. King and subject were almost exact contemporaries (nineteen months separated their birth dates). Both were possessed by a deep sense of divine mission. Both were profoundly religious. Both were immovably stubborn. Their ideals set them on a collision course which culminated in one of the most dramatic events in our history: the execution of a reigning sovereign on 30 January 1649. THE KING AND THE GENTLEMAN intriguingly parallels the lives of the foreign-born aesthete-prince and the down-to-earth representative of a struggling squirearchy. The result is a lucid and authoritative account of one of the most fascinating periods in British History.
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"To my knowledge, there has never been a book that examines and compares the parallel lives of Charles I and Oliver Cromwell...this book is unique and therefore an important and valuable contribution to the literature on the period...Masterful and lively...compelling reading" (Alison Weir)
"This enterprising work of joint biography attempts to get beyond the stereotype to investigate the intellectual and spiritual formation of the leading antagonists. Wilson's absorbing portrait shows us two men more like one another than anyone would ever have guessed" (Michael Kerrigan Scotsman)
"A highly fascinating and detailed book which any Civil War buff will want to add to his collection...An important book" (Amanda Foreman Sunday Express)
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"This enterprising work of joint biography attempts to get beyond the stereotype to investigate the intellectual and spiritual formation of the leading antagonists. Wilson's absorbing portrait shows us two men more like one another than anyone would ever have guessed" (Michael Kerrigan Scotsman)
"A highly fascinating and detailed book which any Civil War buff will want to add to his collection...An important book" (Amanda Foreman Sunday Express)
'A highly fascinating and detailed book which any Civil War buff will want to add to his collection. ' Amanda Foreman, Sunday Express
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- PublisherPimlico
- Publication date2000
- ISBN 10 0712666389
- ISBN 13 9780712666381
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages592
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