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At the age of 12, the prince was present at a battle; before he was 20 his father, King Charles I, had been executed and the monarchy abolished; and his attempt to take back his birth right ended in disaster and exile on the continent. Spencer Mizen explores the events before Charles II returned in glory in 1660
Introducing BA Santamaria[1] “Sometimes depicted as a man totally dedicated to principle, even perhaps despite consequences, he emerges…rather as an agile political pragmatist reformulating theory to suit the purpose at hand… “[Santamaria’s] driving will is the explanatory key which allows us to see our intrepid anti-communist crusader not so much as a grand conspirator, but as a tragic figure in the classic sense, whose own indomitable will and imagination betrayed him, seducing him into a political adventure which was bound to fail.” – Fr Bruce Duncan[2] Bartholomew Augustine ...