Charles I / Edition 2

by Christopher Durston

Overview

Charles Carlton's biography of the ‘monarch of the Civil Wars' was praised for its distinctive psychological portrait of Charles I when it was first published in 1983. Challenging conventional interpretations of the king, as well as questioning orthodox historical assumptions concerning the origins and development of the Civil Wars, the book quickly established itself as the definitive biography.
In the eleven years since Charles I: The Personal Monarch was published an immense amount of new material on the king and his reign have emerged and yet no new biography has been written. Professor Carlton's second edition includes a substantial new preface which takes account of the new work. Addressing and analysing the furious historiographical debates which have surrounded the period, Carlton offers a fresh and lucid perspective. The text and bibliography have been thoroughly updated.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415125659
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	09/07/1995
Edition description:	REV
Pages:	456
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Preface 'That memorable scene', Preface to the second edition, I The duke 'far out of order', II 'The illustrious hope of Great Britain', III 'Baby Charles', 'Steenie' and their 'Dear Dad', IV 'The voyage of the Knights of Adventure', V 'The young folks shall have their world', VI 'Our only lawful, lineal and rightful liege Lord', VII 'A shameful return', VIII To 'take that slime away', IX 'Sovereignty maintained above all', X A family at 'full peace and tranquillity', XI 'His own direction and commandment', XII 'That fatal book', XIII 'The Government all in pieces', XIV 'To fight for my crown and my dignity', XV 'These times are ones of public danger', XVI 'The battle of all for all', XVII 'What way to walk', XVIII 'Remember thy end', XIX 'An incorruptible crown', Abbreviations, Notes, Index