The regicide's widow : Lady Alice Lisle and the bloody assize
Whitaker, Antony2006
Book
Rebellion, persecution and injustice in Restoration England are the themes of this book about the last woman beheaded in England. Lady Alice Lisle was the widow of one of the men who sentenced Charles I to death. When she gave shelter to a clergyman involved in Monmouth's Rebellion, the judge showed no mercy.
Main title:
The regicide's widow : Lady Alice Lisle and the bloody assize / Antony Whitaker.
Author:
Imprint:
Stroud : Sutton, 2006.
Collation:
xiv, 242 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., maps, ports. ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 232-234) and index.
ISBN:
9780750944342 (hbk)075094434X (hbk)
Dewey class:
942'.066'092
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
359097