![]() ![]() Too often he is recalled as weak and stupid, his wife, Henrietta Maria, as spoilt and silly- the cause of his ruin. Charles I's reign is one of the most dramatic in history, yet Charles the man remains elusive. His rule would change the face of the monarchy for ever. At the head of this disintegrating kingdom was Charles I. The bloody, devastating civil wars set family against family, friend against friend. Less than forty years after the golden age of Elizabeth I, England was at war with itself. Condemned as a traitor and murderer, he was also heralded as a martyr- his reign destined to sow the seeds of democracy across Britain and the New World. This is a tragic story for our times, of populist politicians and religious war, of a new media and the reshaping of nations, in which women vied with men for power. ![]()
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