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                                      Book Review  'The King's Revenge' , about Charles II attempt to punish those that he held responsible for the execution of his father Charles I, was first published in 2012. The first book devoted wholly to the regicides appears to be Mark Noble's 'The Lives of the English Regicides;And other Commissioners of the Pretended High Court of Justice. Appointed to sit upon their Sovereign, King Charles I' from 1798. Since 2012 Charles Spencer's .'Killers of the King ' (2015)  and James Hobson's ' 'Charles I Executioners' (2020) have been published. Following a discussion in The British and Irish Civil Wars Facebook group on this subject, thought that it was time to highlight 'The King's Revenge' .  Kings had been removed from power and killed before 1648, in both England and Scotland. This book shows that the trial of Charles I, opening on 20th J...

                          Civil War, Regicide, & The Republic     Author James Hobson has written such works as ''Dark Days of Georgian Britain', 'Following in the Footsteps of Oliver Cromwell'. and 'The English Civil War Fact and Fiction'. Mr Hobson runs an author's website called   about 1816 . The site is worth a look, showing Mr Hobson's interest in less obvious aspects of the 17th century, The Regency , 18th century and Victorian times. Just the list of blogs that he follows is quite intriguing.  Certainly  rate this book highly. Some background knowledge to the British Civil Wars would be helpful, but not essential to get maximum benefit from it. The trial, sentencing, and execution of a reigning monarch was unprecedented in Britain's history, and the author has made a worthy contribution in our attempt to grasp what actually happened.  Have to agree with the author's over...