A Royal Passion:
The Turbulent Marriage of King Charles I of England and Henrietta Maria of France
It was, from the start,
a dangerous experiment. Charles I of England was a Protestant, the
fifteen-year-old French princess a Catholic. The marriage was arranged
for political purposes, and it seemed a mismatch of personalities. But
against the odds, the reserved king and his naively vivacious bride fell
passionately in love, and for ten years England enjoyed an era of peace
and prosperity.
When Charles became involved in war with Puritan Scotland, popular hatred of Henrietta’s Catholicism roused Parliament to fury. As the opposition party embraced new values of liberty and republicanism—the blueprint for the American War of Independence and the French Revolution—Charles’s fears for his wife’s safety drove him into a civil war that would cost him his crown and his head.
Rejecting centuries of hostile historical tradition, prize-winning biographer Katie Whitaker uses a host of original sources—including many unpublished manuscripts and letters—to create an intimate portrait of a remarkable marriage.(less)
When Charles became involved in war with Puritan Scotland, popular hatred of Henrietta’s Catholicism roused Parliament to fury. As the opposition party embraced new values of liberty and republicanism—the blueprint for the American War of Independence and the French Revolution—Charles’s fears for his wife’s safety drove him into a civil war that would cost him his crown and his head.
Rejecting centuries of hostile historical tradition, prize-winning biographer Katie Whitaker uses a host of original sources—including many unpublished manuscripts and letters—to create an intimate portrait of a remarkable marriage.(less)
Hardcover, 374 pages
Published
August 30th 2010
by W. W. Norton & Company
(first published May 1st 2009)
ISBN
0393060799
(ISBN13: 9780393060799)
edition language
English
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