TO CATCH A KING: CHARLES IIS GREAT ESCAPE (PB)

In January 1649, King Charles I was beheaded in London outside his palace of Whitehall and Britain became a republic. When his eldest son, Charles, returned in 1651 to fight for his throne, he was crushed by the might of Cromwell’s armies at the battle of Worcester. Would he now be caught and follow his father to the block? In this gripping, action-packed, true adventure based on extensive archive material, we learn how he managed to outwit the greatest manhunt in British history.