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A Royal Passion: The Turbulent Marriage of King Charles I of England and Henrietta Maria of France

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A royal marriage, based on romantic passion and ferocious, unbridgeable religious differences, ends in tragedy-a history worthy of Shakespeare.

It was, from the start, a dangerous experiment. Charles I of England was a Protestant, the fifteen-year-old French princess a Catholic. The marriage was arranged for political purposes, and it seemed a mismatch of personalities. But against the odds, the reserved king and his naively vivacious bride fell passionately in love, and for ten years Englan...