Boscobel; Or, the Royal Oak - A Tale of the Year 1651- Vol. I
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781445537160 (1445537168)
Publish date: March 22nd 2010
Publisher: Foley Press
Pages no: 316
Edition language: English
bookshelves: re-read, play-dramatisation, summer-2010, historical-fiction Read in December, 2008 Saturday Play: Boscobel 29-11-2008A dramatisation by Ian Curteis of the real-life escape of Charles II. Following the execution of his father, the future Charles II must flee England or die. Over a th...
Saturday Play: Boscobel 29-11-2008A dramatisation by Ian Curteis of the real-life escape of Charles II. Following the execution of his father, the future Charles II must flee England or die. Over a thrilling 40-day journey, young Charles has to learn how to live rough, how to evade capture and how t...
The adventures of Charles II during and immediately after his ill-fated stand at Worcester in 1651. The novel clearly incorporates a vast amount of historical research (though most of it is probably second-hand), and occasionally begins to sound just a tad too much like a textbook. And then there's ...
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