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of Ibistorg Charles I. BY JACOB ABBOTT WITH ENGRAVINGS NEW YORK AND LONDON HARPER BROTHERS PUBLISHERS IQOI jtfntered, according to Act of Congress, In the year 1843, oy ff 4fiTBB JtJROJPHM bf In the Clerks Office of the Soutnern District of New York. Copyright, 18T6, bv JACOB ABBOTT. JOHN HAMPDBN. PREFACE. THE history of the life of every individual who has, for any reason, attracted extensively the attention of mankind, has been written ire a great variety of ways by a multitude of au thors, and persons sometimes wonder why we should have so many different accounts of the same thing. The reason is, that each one of these accounts is intended for a different set of readers, who read with ideas and purposes widely dissimilar from each other. Among the twenty millions of people in the United States, there are perhaps two millions, between the ages of fifteen and twenty-five, who wish to be come acquainted, in general, with the leading events in the history of the Old World, and of ancient times, but who, coming upon the stage in this land and at this period, have ideaa and conceptions so widely different from those of other nations and of other times, that a viii PREFACE. mere republication of existing accounts is not what they require. The story must be told expressly for them. The things that are to be explained, the points that are to be brought out, the comparative degree of prominence to be given to the various particulars, will all be different, on account of the difference in the situation, the ideas, and the objects of these new readers, compared with those of the vari ous other classes of readers which former au thors have had in view. It is for this reason, and with this view, that the present series of historical narratives is presented to the pub lic. The author, having had some opportu nity to become acquainted with the position, the ideas, and the intellectual wants of those whom he addresses, presents the result of his labors to them, with the hope that it may be found successful in accomplishing its design. CONTENTS. Chapter Pag I. HIS CHILDHOOD AND YOUTH 13 II. THE EXPEDITION INTO SPAIN 34 III. ACCESSION TO THE THRONE 58 IV. BUCKINGHAM 81 V. THE KING AND HIS PREROGATIVE 107 VI. ARCHBISHOP LAUD 131 VII. THE EARL OF STRAFFORD 155 VIII. DOWNFALL OF STRAFFORD AND LAUD 177 ix. CIVIL WAR 203 X. THE CAPTIVITY 234 XI, TRIAL AND DEATH 261 ENGRAVINGS. PORTRAIT OF HAMPDEN . Frontispiece. ILLUMINATED TITLE, TOWER OF LONDON . 1 CHARLES I. AND ARMOR BEARER 10 QUEEN HENRIETTA MARIA 11 WINDSOR CASTLE 22 THE ESCURIAL 55 ST. STEPHENS 76 LAMBETH PALACE .. . 133 WESTMINSTER HALL ......... 187 STRAFFORD AND LAUD 199 THE KINOS ADHERENTS ENTERING YORK 221 THE LANDING OF THE QUEEN 228 NEWARK ... 236 CARISBROOKE CASTLE 254 RUINS OF CARISBROOKE CASTLE.. ............... 265 CHARLES I. AKI ABMOR BEARER
| ISBN-13 | 9781406732832 |
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| ISBN-10 | 1406732834 |
| Weight | 0.81 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 5.51 x 0.63 x 8.50 In |
| List Price | $29.45 |
| Format | - |
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| Language | English |
| Pages | 288 pages |
| Publisher | Read Books |
| Published On | 2007-03-01 |
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