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January, 1649. After seven years of fighting in the bloodiest war in Britain’s history, Parliament faced a problem: what to do with a defeated king who refused to surrender? Parliamentarians resolved to do the unthinkable, to disregard the Divine Right of Kings and hold Charles I to account for the suffering and slaughter endured by his people. On a winter’s day outside Whitehall, the king of England was executed. When the king’s son, Charles II, was restored to the throne, he set about enacting a deadly wave of retribution against all those responsible for his father’s death.

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How did the most wanted man in the country outwit the greatest manhunt in British history? In January 1649, King Charles I was beheaded in London outside his palace of Whitehall and Britain became a republic. When his eldest son, Charles, returned in 1651 to fight for his throne, he was crushed...

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NR 1 PÅ SUNDAY TIMES BÄSTSÄLJARLISTA. En skakande skildring från en av Englands mest exklusiva internatskolor.Som åttaåring skickades Charles Spencer till en av Englands mest exklusiva internatskolor. Han ville inte lämna familjen, men det var så man gjorde inom den brittiska överklassen på 1970-talet. Och i många fall fortfarande gör.I denna modiga självbiografi ger prinsessan Dianas bror en klarsynt skildring av mörka hemligheter och övergrepp på internatskolan Maidwell Hall. Han berättar om småpojkarnas hemlängtan, den nyckfulla brutala pennalismen och, inte minst, om vuxenvärldens svek.