king charles i

PEOPLE

The indulgent King Charles I of England lost his head for his atrocities—yet few people know the Doomed King's dark history.

PEOPLE

George Villiers was the most dashing man in all of England—and once he caught the king's eye, the country itself was doomed.

INSTANT

"Sweet-heart, now they will cut off thy father's head. Mark, child, what I say: they will cut off my head, and perhaps make thee a king. But mark what I say: you must not be...



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