The Letters, Speeches and Proclamations of King Charles I edited by Sir Charles Petrie

Book Description

Secondhand. Good condition. Wear to book corners and edges. Foxing to top and right foredges. Foxing to preliminary pages. Dust jacket is in good condition with wear to edges and slight tearing to the spine tail.

Documents the life and reign of the Stuart monarch, providing a chronological view of Charles I's life in his own words, from his first childhood letter to his final speech on the scaffold.

This collection includes the King's personal correspondence, official speeches to Parliament, and royal proclamations issued during the English Civil War, including letters to James I, the Duke of Buckingham and with key figures like Prince Rupert, discussing military tactics and the declining Royalist cause. He also expresses his refusal to abandon the Church of England despite heavy pressure from Parliament and the Scots.

Chapters include:

• the early years 1600-25
• beginning of the reign 1625-29
• personal government 1629-40
• long parliament and the civil war 1640-46
• the last years 1646-49

1968 reprint of the 1935 edition.