![]() ![]() 'This is the most gripping piece of revisionist history I have read for a long time' - The SpectatorĪ revelation. It is an epic story of glamour and strong women, of populist politicians and religious terror, of mass movements and a revolutionary new media- one that speaks to our own divided and dangerous times. To his enemies he was the 'white tyrant of prophecy- to his supporters a murdered innocent. His reign is one of the most dramatic in history, yet Charles the man remains elusive. ![]() At the head of this disintegrating kingdom was Charles I, who would change the face of the monarchy for ever. * Less than forty years after the golden age of Elizabeth I, England was at war with itself. * Shortlisted for the Catholic Herald Biography Award 2019 * Winner of the HWA Crown for Best Work of Historical Non-Fiction 2018 The first accessible biography in 50 years of one of the most dramatic and bloody reigns in history The subject of a BBC TV series on Charles I The prize-winning biography of Charles I ![]()
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