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The Court And Times Of Charles The First: Containing A Series Of Historical And Confidential Letters, Including Memoirs Of The Mission In England Of T

The Court And Times Of Charles The First: Containing A Series Of Historical And Confidential Letters, Including Memoirs Of The Mission In England Of T

Birch, Thomas

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ISBN10: 9354502717
ISBN13: 9789354502712
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Mar 22 2021
Pages: 486
Weight: 1.56
Height: 1.08 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Behind the pageantry of kings lies paperwork, persuasion, fear. Power changes hands, quietly, here. The Court And Times of Charles the First (Volume I) gathers a remarkable historical letter collection edited by Thomas Birch, forming a royal correspondence anthology drawn from British monarchy archives. These confidential dispatches, reports, and memoir material preserve a variety of particulars not mentioned by our historians, bringing you into the early modern London court at the moment when ceremony frayed and policy hardened. Alongside Charles I court politics, you will find Henrietta Maria memoirs and the striking record of the Capuchin friars in England, sent to serve the queen and to report back across Europe. As a scholarly primary source edition, this volume is prized for Stuart era research and any serious English civil war study, yet it reads with the immediacy of lived experience: alliances negotiated, reputations managed, faith and diplomacy entwined, and the pressures that would split a nation into cavalier and roundhead history. It stands as a key witness to 17th century England, and to the way private letters shaped public outcomes, offering collectors and general readers alike an absorbing, document-driven view of a monarchy under strain. Out of print for decades and now republished by Alpha Editions. Restored for today's and future generations. More than a reprint -- a collector's item and a cultural treasure.

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