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The King's Revenge

Charles II and the Greatest Manhunt in British History
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Perhaps I was spoiled by reading Geoffrey Robertson's ‘The Tyrannicide Brief’ before picking up this one. While Jordan and Walsh have a far larger canvas (over a rather longer period) than Robertson, their attempts at looking at those charged with the ‘crime’ of executing Charles I, and the ‘revenge’ of his son, Charles II, becomes convoluted and at times confusing. There were, after all, fifty-nine signatories to Charles I's death warrant, and a vengeful post-republican/Pro­tectorate parliament, along with the returning monarch, expanded beyond those immediately involved in Charles I's execution to reach any (including ultimately wives) involved in the late king's beheading. Having written those sentences, one might reflect how difficult it is to put a straight-forward story to these complex and intricate events. However, the sheer scope of Jordan and Walsh's vision might have alerted them to this issue and approach the matter in a different vein. There's no doubt a lot to get in: villains, heroes, and the unfortunate ‘collateral damage’; one could even argue that these words themselves may be allocated to the one person (Georges Downing and Monck, for example) at different times and in different perspectives. Clearly well researched, and studded with vivid description, this book will serve the more versed reader better than someone with a more general interest in the period. Anyone interested in devouring ideas of ‘justice’, ‘law’ and ‘government’ as we understand them today would be served better by reading Robertson. Jordan and Walsh serve up a feast that doesn't quite know its buffet from its degustation.

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When Charles I was executed, his son Charles II made it his role to search out retribution, producing the biggest manhunt Britain had ever seen, one that would span Europe and America and would last for thirty years. Men who had once been among the most powerful figures in England ended up on the scaffold, on the run, or in fear of the assassin's bullet. History has painted the regicides and their supporters as fanatical Puritans, but among them were remarkable men, including John Milton and Oliver Cromwell. Don Jordan and Michael Walsh bring these remarkable figures and this astonishing story vividly to life an engrossing, bloody tale of plots, spies, betrayal, fear and ambition.

Author Biography:

Don Jordan and Michael Walsh have each won awards for investigative journalism. Don Jordan has twice won a Blue Ribbon Award at the New York Film and Television Festival and Michael Walsh has won a Royal Television Society Award. Together they have written three books, including White Cargo, acclaimed by Nobel Laureate Toni Morrison as an 'extraordinary book'.
Release date Australia
August 1st, 2013
Audience
  • General (US: Trade)
Illustrations
Section: 8, colour photos
Pages
400
Dimensions
128x198x26
ISBN-13
9780349123769
Product ID
21027169

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