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Killers of the King: The Men Who Dared to Execute Charles I by Charles Spencer
$13.79 NZD
$22.99 (40% off)
Category: Discounted Non-Fiction (selected titles) at 40% off RRP
January, 1649. After seven years of fighting in the bloodiest war in Britain's history, Parliament had overpowered King Charles I and now faced a problem: what to do with a defeated king, a king who refused to surrender? Parliamentarians resolved to do the unthinkable, to disregard the Divine Right of K ...Show more
The White Ship: Conquest, Anarchy And The Wrecking Of Henry I's Dream by Charles Spencer
$27.99 NZD
Category: History
‘As gripping as any thriller. History doesn't get any better than this' BILL BRYSON 'A brilliant read … Spencer has a real facility for getting these characters to leap fully formed from the page … Game of Thrones but in the real world' ANTHONY HOROWITZ 'The medieval Titanic … Charles Spencer explores ...Show more
To Catch a King by Charles Spencer
$36.99 NZD
Category: History
Guided by its various twists and turns To Catch a King is an unputdownable book which tells an old story with new eyes, challenging our polarised notions of royalism, nationalism and loyalty. King Charles I's life ended with his neck: he was beheaded outside his London palace in January 1649. It was pre ...Show more
To Catch a King - Charles II's Great Escape by Charles Spencer
$25.00 NZD
Category: History | Reading Level: very good
How did the most wanted man in the country outwit the greatest manhunt in British history?In January 1649, King Charles I was beheaded in London outside his palace of Whitehall and Britain became a republic. When his eldest son, Charles, returned in 1651 to fight for his throne, he was crushed by the mi ...Show more
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