A review by frostbitsky
Killers of the King: The Men Who Dared to Execute Charles I, by Charles Spencer

challenging dark informative medium-paced

3.0

I didn't know that Princess Diana's brother wrote history books. I got this from a 2 books for 1 credit from Audible.

I never really understood how Parliament managed to execute a king and the details of his sham of a trial sheds light on that. I also knew nothing of the aftermath when his son, Charles II, took the throne back.

I did like learning a lot of history facts. It's really well researched and I feel like I'll be able to answer more Jeopardy! clues.

I had never heard of The Fifth Monarchists before. (A radical group of Puritans, they took their name from a prophecy in the Old Testament that said there had been four great empires (Babylonian, Persian, Greek and Roman) and a fifth would be formed by the return of Christ in the Second Coming.) And Thomas Harrison was a nut case! He punched his executioner!

I also never knew John Milton wrote propaganda for the Oliver Cromwell regime.

I couldn't remember everyone's names and sometimes my mind would wander because there were just so many Regicide men being hunted down. But there are so many little details for history buffs to absorb. Mainly what I always learn from history books is that times change, people don't.

3 out of 5 Axes.