Charles I: A Life of Religion, War and Treason - Softcover

Christopher Hibbert

Softcover

ISBN 10: 140398378X ISBN 13: 9781403983787

Publisher: Palgrave, 2007

Synopsis

Charles I When Charles Stuart was a young child, it seemed unlikely that he would survive, let alone become ruler of England and Scotland. Once shy and retiring, an awkward stutterer, he grew in stature and confidence under the guidance of the Duke of Buckingham; his marriage to Henrietta of Spain, originally planned to end the conflict between the two nations, became, after rocky beginnings, a true love ma... Full description

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Review:

'An excellent account...balanced and perceptive in outlook...well-written and entertaining.' - The Economist

About the Author:

CHRISTOPHER HIBBERT is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and the author of Disraeli (Palgrave Macmillan), The Rise and Fall of the House of Medici, The English: A Social History, and Cavaliers and Roundheads.

DAVID STARKEY is the author of the foreword and is one of England's best-known historians, and a specialist in the Tudor period. He is the Bye Fellow of Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge, and the author of Elizabeth: The Struggle for the Throne. A winner of the W. H. Smith Prize and the Norton Medlicott Medal for Services to History presented by Britain's Historical Association, he lives in London, UK.

About this edition

• Publisher: Palgrave
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 140398378X
• ISBN 13: 9781403983787
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 304