Royal Renegades by Linda Porter
A vivid account of the children of Charles I and how they reacted when their calm and loving family life was shattered by the Civil War and the execution of their father.
Charles I was, even his wife and key advisers conceded, lacking in the essential strength that a ruler required, in turbulent timesBut even Charles's enemies were moved by his loving devotion as a father. Linda Porter looks with sympathy and fluent scholarship at the lives of the six, beloved, Stuart princes and princesses, illuminating how their father's failure as a king inevitably impacted their lives, before the survivors strived to forge their own destinies. -- Charles Spencer, author of Killers of the King
A wonderful story, both poignant and touching, of the family heartbreak that lay behind the public politics of the Civil Wars. -- Janice Hadlow, author of The Strangest Family
One of the great untold stories of British history - a prince who knew what it was like to live as a pauper, an exiled princess as estranged from her husband as from England. Linda Porter's pacy and impeccably researched history takes the five surviving children of Charles I and gives full weight to the personal as well as the political stories. -- Sarah Gristwood, author of Arbella and Blood Sisters
She tells the tale with admirable flair and clarity. -- Adrian Tinniswood * Literary Review *
Lively and engaging – Porter deftly weaves together the key political events from a 60 year period with the turbulent lives of some of its youngest royal players. -- Janet Ravenscroft * History Today *
A wonderful story, both poignant and touching, of the family heartbreak that lay behind the public politics of the Civil Wars. -- Janice Hadlow, author of The Strangest Family
One of the great untold stories of British history - a prince who knew what it was like to live as a pauper, an exiled princess as estranged from her husband as from England. Linda Porter's pacy and impeccably researched history takes the five surviving children of Charles I and gives full weight to the personal as well as the political stories. -- Sarah Gristwood, author of Arbella and Blood Sisters
She tells the tale with admirable flair and clarity. -- Adrian Tinniswood * Literary Review *
Lively and engaging – Porter deftly weaves together the key political events from a 60 year period with the turbulent lives of some of its youngest royal players. -- Janet Ravenscroft * History Today *
Linda Porter was the winner of the 2004 Biographers Club / Daily Mail Prize, and is the author of three critically acclaimed history books: Mary Tudor: The First Queen, Katherine the Queen: the Remarkable Life of Katherine Parr and Crown of Thistles: The Fatal Inheritance of Mary Queen of Scots. She is a regular contributor to BBC History Magazine and History Today. She lives in Kent.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781447267607 |
| ISBN 10 | 1447267605 |
| Title | Royal Renegades |
| Author | Linda Porter |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Pan Macmillan |
| Year published | 2017-05-18 |
| Number of pages | 448 |
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