Charles I (Penguin Monarchs): An Abbreviated Life - Softcover

Kishlansky, Mark

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0141987340 ISBN 13: 9780141987347

Publisher: Penguin, 2018

Synopsis

The acclaimed Penguin Monarchs series: short, fresh, expert accounts of England's rulers - now in paperback

The tragedy of Charles I dominates one of the most strange and painful periods in British history as the whole island tore itself apart over a deadly, entangled series of religious and political disputes. In Mark Kishlansky's brilliant account it is never in doubt that Charles created his own catastrophe, but he was nonetheless opposed by men with far fewer scruples and less consistency who for often quite contradictory reasons conspired to destroy him. This is a remarkable portrait of one of the most talented, thoughtful, loyal, moral, artistically alert and yet, somehow, disastrous of all this country's rulers.

About this title

About the Author:

Mark Kishlansky was the Frank Baird Jr Professor of History at Harvard University and one of the world's leading scholars on Stuart England. He is the author of A Monarchy Transformed, the 17th century volume in the Penguin History of England series.

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 0141987340
• ISBN 13: 9780141987347
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 144