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Praise for Katherine the Queen
'Colourful and well-paced . . . those who enjoy Tudor history will agree with Porter's assessment that Katherine's was indeed a remarkable life' Matthew Dennison, Mail on Sunday
'[A] nuanced picture of family allegiances and intellectual background' Jenny Uglow, Financial Times
Praise for Crown of Thistles
'Stunning - an epic journey through the turbulent history of two nations' Alison Weir
'Bold, insightful and vivid' The Times
List of contents
- Section - i: Map
- Section - ii: Family Trees
- Introduction - iii: Prologue
- Unit - Part One: 'GATHER YE ROSEBUDS WHILE YE MAY' 1625-40
- Chapter - One: Trouble and Strife
- Chapter - Two: A Loving Family
- Unit - Part Two: STORM CLOUDS 1640-42
- Chapter - Three: The King at Bay
- Chapter - Four: Civil War
- Unit - Part Three: A FAMILY DESTROYED 1642-49
- Chapter - Five: Reunions and Partings
- Chapter - Six: Defeat Without Victory
- Chapter - Seven: 'A foreigner begging your bread'
- Chapter - Eight: Vanishing Hopes
- Unit - Part Four: 'CLEAN DIFFERENT THINGS' 1649-70
- Chapter - Nine: 'That man of blood'
- Chapter - Ten: A Quiet Death
- Chapter - Eleven: King of Scotland
- Chapter - Twelve: The Protestant Princess
- Chapter - Thirteen: Soldiering
- Chapter - Fourteen: The Fall of the English Republic
- Chapter - Fifteen: No More Wandering
- Chapter - Sixteen: Minette
- Section - iv: Epilogue
- Section - v: Author's Note
- Section - vi: Notes
- Section - vii: Select Bibliography
- Acknowledgements - viii: Picture Acknowledgements
- Index - ix: Index
About the author
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.
Summary
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.
Foreword
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.
Additional text
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.
