Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political activism > Revolutions & coups
|
Not currently available
Royal Renegades - The Children of Charles I and the English Civil Wars (Paperback, Main Market Ed.)
Loot Price: R258
Discovery Miles 2 580
You Save: R57
(18%)
|
|
Royal Renegades - The Children of Charles I and the English Civil Wars (Paperback, Main Market Ed.)
(1 rating, sign in to rate)
List price R315
Loot Price R258
Discovery Miles 2 580
You Save R57 (18%)
Supplier out of stock. If you add this item to your wish list we will let you know when it becomes available.
|
The fact that the English Civil War led to the execution of King
Charles I in January 1649 is well known, as is the restoration of
his eldest son as Charles II eleven years later. But what happened
to the king's six surviving children is far less familiar. Casting
new light on the heirs of the doomed king and his unpopular but
indefatigable Catholic queen, Henrietta Maria, acclaimed historian
Linda Porter brings to life their personalities, legacies, feuds
and rivalries for the first time. As their calm and loving family
life was shattered by war, Elizabeth and Henry were used as pawns
in the parliamentary campaign against their father; Mary, the
Princess Royal, was whisked away to the Netherlands as the child
bride of the Prince of Orange; Henriette Anne's redoubtable
governess escaped with the king's youngest child to France where
she grew up under her mother's thumb and eventually married the
cruel and flamboyant Philippe d'Orleans. When their 'dark and ugly'
brother Charles eventually succeeded his father to the English
throne after fourteen years of wandering, he promptly enacted a
vengeful punishment on those who had spurned his family, with his
brother James firmly in his shadow. A tale of love and endurance,
of battles and flight, of educations disrupted, the lonely death of
a young princess and the wearisome experience of exile, Royal
Renegades charts the fascinating story of the children of loving
parents who could not protect them from the consequences of their
own failings as monarchs and the forces of upheaval sweeping
England.
General
Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate?
Let us know about it.
Does this product have an incorrect or missing image?
Send us a new image.
Is this product missing categories?
Add more categories.
Review This Product
No reviews yet - be the first to create one!
|
|
Email address subscribed successfully.
A activation email has been sent to you.
Please click the link in that email to activate your subscription.