To Catch a King: Charles II's Great Escape Turtle Press 000 people lost over 260

000 people lost over 260

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especially those whose families have done so for several generations

To Catch a King: Charles II's Great Escape Turtle Press 000 people lost over 260How did the most wanted man in the country outwit the greatest manhunt in British history? King Charles I was beheaded in 1649, outside his palace of Whitehall. When his eldest son, Charles, returned in 1651 to fight for his throne, he was crushed by the might of Cromwells armies at the battle of Worcester. Expecting to meet the fate of his father, Charles fled for his life. From hiding in an oak tree to traveling as one half of an eloping couple and