Charles I's Killers in America: The Lives and Afterlives of Edward Whalley and William Goffe

When the British monarchy was restored in 1660, King Charles II was faced with the conundrum of what to with those who had been involved in the execution of his father eleven years earlier. Facing a grisly fate at the gallows, some of the men who had signed Charles I's death warrant fled to America.

Charles I's Killers in America traces the gripping story of two of these men — Edward Whalley and William Goffe — and their lives in America, from their welcome in New England until their deaths...