The Tyrannicide Brief: The Story of the Man who sent Charles I to the ScaffoldCharles I waged civil wars that cost one in ten Englishmen their lives. But in 1649 parliament was hard put to find a lawyer with the skill and daring to prosecute a King who was above the law: in the end the man they briefed was the radical barrister, John Cooke. |
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The Tyrannicide Brief: The Story of the Man Who Sent Charles I to the Scaffold Geoffrey Robertson No preview available - 2007 |