Regicide
£20.00
- Sending as a Gift? Add Gift Wrapping at checkout
SKU: 9781913368357
Barcode: 9781913368357
Product Description
Henry Marten - soldier, member of parliament, organiser of the trial of Charles I and signatory of the King's death warrant - is today a neglected figure of the seventeenth-century. Yet at the fulcrum of English history during the turbulent years of the civil war, the protectorate and the restoration, his life is both extraordinary and emblematic. Imprisoned in the Tower of London and tried at the Old Bailey, Marten is found guilty of High Treason only to be held captive for years on the equivalent of death row. It was only many years later that his letters to his mistress Mary Ward were stolen and published in an attempt to destroy his reputation. Witty, clever, loving, sardonic and never despairing, the letters offer a rare and extraordinary insight into the everyday life of a man in the Tower of London awaiting a sentence of death.
Delivery information
All deliveries are sent via Royal Mail or Hermes depending on size.
You can select delivery (£3) or collect from store (free) at the checkout.
You may also place an order by phone or email and we will respond with details including availability and price.