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Killers of the King: The Men Who Dared to Execute Charles I

por Charles Spencer, Earl Spencer

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On August 18, 1648, with no relief from the siege in sight, the royalist garrison holding Colchester Castle surrendered and Oliver Cromwell's army firmly ended the rule of Charles I of England. To send a clear message to the fallen monarch, the rebels executed four of the senior officers captured at the castle. Yet still, the king refused to accept he had lost the war. As France and other allies mobilized in support of Charles, a tribunal was hastily gathered and a death sentence was passed. On January 30, 1649, the King of England was executed. This is the account of the fifty-nine regicides, the men who signed Charles I's death warrant.… (mais)
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This book provides a brief account of the trial and execution of Charles I in 1649 in the English Civil War, and more specifically the roles and later fates of the 80 or so prominent men involved in some way in the death of Charles I, whether as part of the commission that tried him, being a signatory to the death warrant or being involved in the mechanics of the execution itself. This was well researched, with some interesting individual life stories, but it made for quite depressing reading, with the unslakeable desire for vengeance on the part of the restored Monarchy from 1660 in pursuing this group of people throughout England, across the continent and even to the New World in some cases, bringing them back, in most cases, to face the most hideous execution of being hanged, drawn and quartered, after a perfunctory or even no trial. There were huge political issues at stake here on both sides of course, with the Divine Right of Kings on the one hand, versus the right of Parliament to circumscribe the powers of a monarch and develop some sort of parliamentary democracy and liberty, on the other. Some might assume that the author, being related to the royal family, will instinctively be on the side of the royalists, but in fact he regards the regicides as "extremely brave" people who "deserve...to be remembered with respect for their sacrifices." ( )
  john257hopper | Mar 26, 2022 |
This book follows the fortune of the regicides, after the restoration. It is an interesting story, a real reversal of fortunes, and there are a lot of individual characters to follow.
I would have liked a little more background on the English civil war, and the politics of the time to make more sense of what was going on: I struggled to fully understand why the restoration happened. ( )
  PhilipKinsella | Feb 9, 2016 |
The aftermath of the English Civil War is explored in Killers of the King.

Charles I, captured and placed on trial by the anti-Royalists, is found guilty and executed. The men who signed his death warrant, the Regicides, feel they have done the right thing and hope for a new, fairer England under the Parliament.

But it doesn’t end up like expected. Dozens are executed or exiled, Oliver Cromwell takes over as dictator, the Parliament is marginalized and the anti-Royalists feel the tide turning.

The Royalists, exiled in Ireland, make their way back and install Charles’ son the new king , Charles II. The retributions begin.

This book follows the fate of the Regicides, from horrendous executions (hanged, cut down alive, cut open, entrails pulled out and burned in front of the still-alive prisoner, then finally beheading and chopping up into five pieces) to exile in Holland, France and across the sea in New England.

As the Regicides faced their fates bravely, the crowds grew less and less bloodthirsty and the executed began to be regarded as martyrs for a cause they still believed in.

It’s a fascinating and little-told slice of the English Civil War, when the chance at a Republic was destroyed by greed, and the retribution again tainted the Royalty.

You'll get swept up in the brave and foolhardy men who dared to rise up against the king, and in their fates after the tide turned.

I received this book through a GoodReads First Reads giveaway. ( )
  ralphz | Oct 23, 2015 |
Call this an examination of how the wheels of regime change are lubricated with blood, as the hard men of New Model Army, unable to reach a satisfactory settlement with Charles Stuart, solved their problem the direct way, only to find themselves caught up in the recoil of events when their efforts to create a republic failed. As a group portrait this is an interesting enough work, but the more thoughtful reader might want more consideration of how the failings of the commonwealth generated such resentment that the House of Stuart could gain another chance at power. ( )
  Shrike58 | Jun 20, 2015 |
This non-fiction work has as its theme the execution of deposed English King Charles I, the subsequent Protectorate of Oliver Cromwell, the Restoration of the monarchy and the resulting manhunt for those responsible for the late King’s murder. For those not familiar with this era of English history, it is a good overview of the events leading up to the manhunts. For those well versed in the history, it will appear a bit simplistic and too brief.

Once the Restoration is complete, however, everyone is pretty much on the same ground, as I have never seen an account of the arrests, executions and attempted rounding up of the key figures in the trail and execution of Charles I. The detailed description of those hung, drawn and quartered might be little bit too much for the weak stomached, and the scene is repeated about a dozen times as the arrest, trials and executions of each of the traitors is set out in detail. Likewise, those that fled in the face of arrest are followed and the lengths to which the Royalists sought them, sometimes successfully, are set out as well.

Overall, this is an interesting account, though not exhaustive or even fully presented. While the focus is on those that participated in the trial and execution, some background is helpful and even necessary. This is a relatively short book, at under 300 pages, and Oliver Cromwell is barely even mentioned, either in the events leading to the deposition of the King or the resulting Protectorate. A more fully fleshed out presentation of the history of the era would not have been out of line, even though not the focus of the book, given its brevity. ( )
  santhony | Apr 27, 2015 |
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On August 18, 1648, with no relief from the siege in sight, the royalist garrison holding Colchester Castle surrendered and Oliver Cromwell's army firmly ended the rule of Charles I of England. To send a clear message to the fallen monarch, the rebels executed four of the senior officers captured at the castle. Yet still, the king refused to accept he had lost the war. As France and other allies mobilized in support of Charles, a tribunal was hastily gathered and a death sentence was passed. On January 30, 1649, the King of England was executed. This is the account of the fifty-nine regicides, the men who signed Charles I's death warrant.

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