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SPENCER**, CHARLES: : KILLERS OF THE KING: The Men Who Dared to Execute Charles I. [Author SIGNED copy.]

LONDON.BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING PLC.2014.,

ISBN 9781408851708.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,SIGNED,1st edn,2nd imp. [Complete number line 10 - 2 descending,so 1st edn,2nd imp.] FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn but author's handwritten,black ink signature - without dedication - to title page just below his printed name and no price-clip to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean, matt,subject's portrait colour pictorial (Charles I in three positions, 1635 (oil on canvas),by Sir Anthony van Dyck (1599- 1641)] illustrated front panel+spine of dw/dj with pale blue,white and silver gilt lettering,critics' reviews to rear panel; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight, clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread - apart from my own collation.Bright, crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original plain burgundy cloth boards with bright,crisp, blocked silver gilt letters to spine/backstrip,a red silk head+tailband and immaculate colour facsimile reproduction of Death Warrant of Charles I,illustrated endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj, 1st edn,2-339pp [paginated] includes recto of prologue,15 chapters,8pp contemporary+ historical b/w+colour reproduction illustrations in 1 block,between pp148/9,notes,a bibliography, acknowledgements with blank recto,an index; plus [unpaginated] half-title page,author SIGNED title page,a dedication with blank verso,an epigram also with blank verso,contents list/ table with blank verso,similar author's note,and note on author as last page. January,1649.The English Civil War draws to a close. After seven years of fighting in the bloodiest war in Britain's history,Parliament had overpowered King Charles I and now faced a problem: what to do with a defeated king,a king who they knew they could not trust? Parliamentarians resolved to do the unthinkable,to disregard the Divine Right of Kings and hold Charles I to account for the appalling suffering and slaughter endured by his people.A tribunal of 135 men was hastily gathered in London,and although Charles refused to acknowledge the power of his subjects to try him,the death sentence was unanimously passed.On an icy winter's day on a scaffold outside Whitehall,in an event unique in English history,the King of England was executed. When the dead king's son,Charles II,was restored to the throne,he set about enacting a deadly wave of retribution against all those - the lawyers,the judges,the officers on the scaffold - responsible for his father's death. Some of the 'regicides' - the killers of the king - pleaded for mercy,while others stoically awaited their sentence.Many went into hiding in England,or fled to Europe or America.Those who were caught and condemned suffered agonising and degrading ends,while others saw out their days in hellish captivity. Bestselling historian Charles Spencer explores this violent clash of ideals through the individuals whose fates were determined by that one,momentous decision.A powerful tale of revenge from the dark heart of royal history and a fascinating insight into the dangers of political and religous allegiance in Stuart Emgland,these are the shocking stories of the men who dared to kill a king. Auhtor Charles Spencer,the brother of the late Princess Diana.He was educated at Eton College and obtained his degree in Modern History at Magdalen College,Oxford.He was a reporter on NBC's 'Today' show from 1986 until 1995,and is the author of four books,including the Sunday Times bestseller 'Blenheim: Battle for Europe' (shortlisted for History Book of the Year, National Book Awards) - see my book ID rja396111 for a SIGNED,UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn - and 'Prince Rupert: The Last Cavalier'. For another example of author SIGNED item - see my book ID rja498214 for the Spencer family's ancestral home history/guide and associated ephemera and rja556315 for a similar,but unsigned example. Please contact seller,because of the weight/ value of this item for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,SIGNED,1st edn.
Author SIGNED - without dedication.

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