Vintage<\/b><\/a> <\/p>\n Follow Leanda on Social Media<\/b> <\/p>\n Leanda’s’s website: www.leandadelisle.com<\/a> Many thanks to Leanda for answering my questions.<\/p>\n Why did you choose this subject for your book?<\/b><\/I><\/p>\n Because Charles\u2019s reign is so dramatic. It is such a key part of our past, affecting everything that followed, and it is being overlooked! <\/p>\n What does your book add to previous works about Charles I?<\/b><\/I><\/p>\n I hope I give a more rounded view of Charles and I also focus on the key women in his life in a way that hasn\u2019t been done before. <\/p>\n What surprised you most researching this book?<\/b><\/I><\/p>\n The modern resonance – it is scary how much it speaks to our own time. <\/p>\n Does your book reveal anything new about Queen Henrietta Maria?<\/b><\/I><\/p>\n Yes. Catholic women who have been on the losing side of history get a particularly bad press, and I hope I have helped to sweep aside centuries of misogynistic propaganda to reveal a truly remarkable woman and queen. <\/p>\n Are there any people from the Civil War, other than the main players, who you think deserve to be more well known?<\/b><\/I><\/p>\n Well, I have a favourite in the turncoat and spy, Lucy Hay, Countess of Carlisle who was always in the thick of the political action. <\/p>\n How damaging was the publication of letters between Charles and Henrietta Maria in ‘The King’s Cabinet Opened?<\/b><\/I><\/p>\n Very. The suggestion that she was Eve to his Adam, seducing the king into evil, is a caricature that is still with us today. <\/p>\n What was Charles I’s greatest failing as a King?<\/b><\/I><\/p>\n He lacked ruthlessness and he was a poor politician. <\/p>\n Leanda de Lisle is the author of ‘White King: The Tragedy of Charles I’, which won the HWA Crown for Best Work of Historical Non-Fiction 2018. The paperback was published in January 2019 by Vintage. Leanda is also the author … Continue reading
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