Royal Renegades: The Children of Charles I and the English Civil Wars

Synopsis

British & Irish History. The Fact That The English Civil War Led To The Execution Of King Charles I In January 1649 Is Well Known, As Is The Restoration Of His Eldest Son As Charles Ii Eleven Years Later. But What Happened To The King's Six Surviving Children Is Far Less Familiar. Casting New Light On The Heirs Of The Doomed King And His Unpopular But Indefatigable Catholic Queen, Henrietta Maria, Acclaimed Historian Linda Porter Brings To Life Their Personalities, Legacies, Feuds And Rivalries For The First Time. As Their Calm And Loving Family Life Was Shattered By War, Elizabeth And Henry Were Used As Pawns In The Parliamentary Campaign Against Their Father; Mary, The Princess Royal, Was Whisked Away To The Netherlands As The Child Bride Of The Prince Of Orange; Henriette Anne's Redoubtable Governess Escaped With The King's Youngest Child To France Where She Grew Up Under Her Mother's Thumb And Eventually Married The Cruel And Flamboyant Philippe D'orleans. Machine Generated Contents Note: Pt. One `gather Ye Rosebuds While Ye May' 1625 -- 40 -- One. Trouble And Strife -- Two. A Loving Family -- Pt. Two Storm Clouds 1640 -- 42 -- Three. The King At Bay -- Four. Civil War -- Pt. Three A Family Destroyed 1642 -- 49 -- Five. Reunions And Partings -- Six. Defeat Without Victory -- Seven. `a Foreigner Begging Your Bread' -- Eight. Vanishing Hopes -- Pt. Four `clean Different Things' 1649 -- 70 -- Nine. `that Man Of Blood' -- Ten. A Quiet Death -- Eleven. King Of Scotland -- Twelve. The Protestant Princess -- Thirteen. Soldiering -- Fourteen. The Fall Of The English Republic -- Fifteen. No More Wandering -- Sixteen. Minette. Linda Porter. First Published In Great Britain As: Crown Of Thistles : The Fatal Inheritance Of Mary Queen Of Scots. London, Macmillan, 2013. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 401-408) And Index.