Research Catalog

Title

The king's revenge : Charles II and the greatest manhunt in British history / Don Jordan and Michael Walsh.

Author

Jordan, Don.

Publication

London : Little, Brown, 2012.

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Details

Additional Authors

Walsh, Michael

Description

383 p. : ill.; 25 cm.

Summary

When Charles I was executed, his son Charles II made it his mission to search out retribution, producing the biggest manhunt Britain had ever seen, one that would span Europe and America and would last for thirty years. Men who had once been among the most powerful figures in England ended up on the scaffold, on the run.

Subject

• Charles II, King of England, 1630-1685 > Death and burial
• 1600-1699
• Regicides > England > History > 17th century
• Great Britain > History > Charles II, 1660-1685
• Great Britain > History > Puritan Revolution, 1642-1660

Genre/Form

History

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 357-360) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

The watchtower -- 'That man of blood': January 1647-January 1649 -- A wicked design: 8 January-27 January 1649 -- Execution: 29 January-7 February 1649 -- Propaganda and assassination: January 1649-October 1651 -- 'The honour of dying for the people': April 1653-August 1658 -- After Oliver: September 1658-October 1659 -- The invader: October 1659-February 1660 -- The round-up begins: Feburary-April 1660 -- Exodus: April-May 1660 -- Death list: May-September 1660 -- 'The guilt of blood': 8-12 October 1660 -- Damned if you do, damned if you don't: 13-19 October 1660 -- Disinterred: November 1660-April 1661 -- Bloodhounds: May-September 1661 -- On the word of a king: September 1661-July 1663 -- The tightening net: 1663-1665 -- Plans to invade and hopes dashed: 1665-1692 -- Epilogue: th elegacy of the regicides -- Appendix I: the regicides and their fate -- Appendix II: People.

ISBN

• 1408703270
• 9781408703274

OCLC

• 777493367
• SCSB-11029740

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library