Books by Richard Cust

Charles I has often been portrayed as unfit to rule, with historians blaming him for the events surrounding the Civil War. This biography of Charles I addresses their judgments of the king - that he was an uncounselled ruler, insufficiently popular, and more effective as a party leader than as a monarch.

This volume contains a collection of eight essays, based on extensive original research, which examine the political and religious conflicts in England between 1603-1642, the early years of the Stuart period leading up to the Civil War.