The Tyrannicide Brief : The Story of the Man Who Sent Charles I to the Scaffold

A war crimes judge for the U.N. provides a vivid rendering of the tumultuous years of the English Civil War; looks at the legal career of John Cooke, who prosecuted King Charles I for crimes against his people; and assesses the implications of the trial for the Parliamentary government and its leaders, as well as the British monarchy. Reprint.