To Catch A King: Charles II's Great Escape. Charles Spencer
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Название: To Catch A King: Charles II's Great Escape

Автор: Charles Spencer

Издательство: HarperCollins

Жанр: Биографии и Мемуары

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isbn: 9780008153656

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       Copyright

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      This eBook first published in Great Britain by William Collins in 2017

      Copyright © Charles Spencer 2017

      Charles Spencer asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work

      A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library

      Cover illustration Royal Collection Trust/© Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2017

      Map by John Gilkes

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      Source ISBN: 9780008153632

      Ebook Edition © October 2017 ISBN: 9780008153656

      Version: 2018-10-01

       Dedication

      For Karen

      Contents

       Cover

       Title Page

       Copyright

       Dedication

       Epigraph

       Map

       Introduction

       PART ONE: KING OF SCOTLAND

       1 Civil Warrior

       6 The Battle of Worcester

       7 The Hunt Begins

       PART TWO: THE ROMAN CATHOLIC UNDERGROUND

       8 Whiteladies

       9 The London Road

       10 Near Misses

       11 Reunion

       PART THREE: A LEAGUE OF GENTLEMEN

       12 Heading for the Coast

       13 Processing the Prisoners

       14 Touching Distance

       15 Still Searching for a Ship

       16 Surprise Ending

       PART FOUR: REACTION, REWARDS AND REDEMPTION

       17 Reaction

       18 Rewards

       19 Redemption

       Picture Section

       Acknowledgements

       Notes

       Bibliography

       Index

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