The King and the Gentleman: Charles Stuart and Oliver Cromwell, 1599-1649

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Macmillan, 1999 - Fiction - 473 pages
For all the myths surrounding Oliver Cromwell and Charles Stuart, there is no detailed account of any meeting between them. Yet they were almost exact contemporaries, embodying virtually everything for which politicians, bishops, preachers, and generals contended. The paths of these two men gradually converged until a frosty morning in 1649, when the executioner's axe ended one man's life and raised the other to the brink of absolute power. In his moving history, Derek Wilson brings to life the politics and the personalities that once shook a kingdom.
 

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The King and the Gentleman: Charles Stuart and Oliver Cromwell, 1599-1649
Derek Wilson
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The King and the Gentleman: Charles Stuart and Oliver Cromwell, 1599-1649
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The King and the Gentleman: Charles Stuart and Oliver Cromwell, 1599-1649
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Bibliographic information

TitleThe King and the Gentleman: Charles Stuart and Oliver Cromwell, 1599-1649
AuthorDerek Wilson
Editionillustrated, reprint
PublisherMacmillan, 1999
ISBN0312244053, 9780312244057
Length473 pages
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History / Europe / Great Britain / General
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