King Charles the Martyr, 1643-1649

Table of contents

• Title Page iii
• Introduction v
• Contents ix
• Illustrations xiii
• I - The Clinch 1
• I - The Court at Oxford 3
• 3 - Newark and Cheriton 7
• 4 - A Desperate Situation 11
• 5 - Adieu! 16
• 6 - The King's Strategy 19
• 7 - A Night March 21
• 8 - Rupert's Flank March Through Lancashire 25
• 9 - The Relief of York and Cropredy Bridge 30
• 10 - Marston Moor--The Challenge 33
• II - Marston Moor--The Decision 36
• 12 - The Escape of the Queen 50
• 14 - Second Newbury and the Cavalier Recovery 54
• 15 - Artist as General 58
• II - Defeat 71
• I - Tertium Quid 73
• 3 - "Three Things I Will Not Part With" 76
• 4 - The Liquidation of the Primate 81
• 5 - A Foredoomed Negotiation 88
• 6 - An Irish Imbroglio 92
• 9 - Prelude to Naseby 97
• 10 - Naseby 102
• 12 - The King's Cabinet Rifled 112
• 13 - The King Takes His Stand 116
• 15 - Meeting and Reconciliation 124
• 16 - Last Days at Oxford 130
• 17 - Hobson's Choice 141
• III - Captivity 149
• I - Confidence Trick 151
• 2 - Third Degree at Newcastle 155
• 4 - "Barbarously Baited" 159
• 5 - Foreshadowing Martyrdom 162
• 6 - A King for Cash 168
• 7 - Holdenby Backwater 171
• 8 - The Mutiny of the New Model 173
• 9 - The Commission of Cornet Joyce 178
• 10 - The King at Newmarket 189
• 15 - The Fall of London 203
• 16 - Cromwell on the Turn 208
• 17 - A Darkening Prospect 219
• 18 - Escape from Prison 224
• 21 - The Engagement with the Scots 232
• 22 - The Trap Shuts 244
• 24 - Escape Barred 247
• 26 - Jane Whorwood 256
• IV - Martyrdom 285
• I - The Train is Laid 287
• 3 - Hurst Castle and Pride's Purge 295
• 4 - Journey to Windsor 299
• 6 - Conspiracy to Murder 301
• 7 - High Court of Justice 308
• 8 - By What Authority? 313
• 13 - Cromwell Takes Charge 344
• 14 - Preparation for Death 348
• 16 - "Cruel Necessity" 354
• Appendices 369
• Index 381

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