![]() ![]() ![]() Charles never understood his own subjects or court intrigue. In this vivid portrait - informed by previously unseen manuscripts, including royal correspondence between the king and his queen - Leanda de Lisle depicts a man who was principled and brave, but fatally blinkered. At the head of the disintegrating kingdom was King Charles I. The English Civil War would set family against family, friend against friend, and its casualties were immense-a greater proportion of the population died than in World War I. Split between loyalty to the Crown or to Parliament, war raged on English soil. Less than forty years after England's golden age under Elizabeth I, the country was at war with itself. ![]() From the New York Times bestselling author and master of narrative nonfiction comes the tragic story of Charles I, his warrior queen, Britain's civil wars and the trial for his life. ![]()
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