James I, Charles I, Commomwealth, & Cromwells 1603-1660: Stuarts, Civil War, Scaffolds, Cromwell, and the Odd Beheading (A Comic History of England Bk6)

Step right up for the most uproariously irreverent chapter of Gilbert Abbott A'Beckett's Comic History of England-where crowns are comedy props and history's biggest egos trip over their own dogma!

Meet James I, the "Wisest Fool in Christendom," who preached divine right while his pet favorite, the Duke of Buckingham, turned the court into a scandalous farce. Then comes Charles I, whose stubbornness cost him his crown (and his head), thanks to a Parliament with a very sharp grievance list-an...