A Royal Passion : The Turbulent Marriage of Charles I and Henrietta Maria
Author(s): Katie Whitaker
King Charles I was a Protestant. Henrietta Maria, a 15-year-old French princess, was a Catholic. Arranged for political gain, their marriage was a dangerous experiment, yet against the odds they fell in love. However Henrietta's Catholicism fuelled rumours of improper influence over a supposedly helpless king. Unable to trust his Parliament, Charles's fear for the queen's safety plummeted the country into civil war and forced her to flee abroad, never to see her husband again. They kept up a poignant correspondence but in 1649, the king was condemned as a traitor and publicly executed, thus ending an extraordinary partnership that influenced the course of history.
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From quarrels, passion, treason to execution, discover one of the great overlooked love stories of history.
Katie Whitaker is the author of MAD MADGE, winner of the Elizabeth Longford Prize for Historical Biography. She did a PhD in the history of science at Cambridge University, where she was awarded the THIRLWALL PRIZE AND MEDAL. She has also been a Century Fellow at the University of Chicago.
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- : Orion Publishing Co
- : Phoenix (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
- : 0.305
- : 31 August 2011
- : United Kingdom
- : 01 November 2011
- : books
Special Fields
- : Illustrations, ports. (chiefly col.)
- : 392
- : 942.0620922
- : 1
- : Paperback
- : Katie Whitaker