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January, 1649. After seven years of fighting in the bloodiest war in Britain's history, Parliament now faced a problem: what to do with a defeated king, a king who refused to surrender? Parliamentarians resolved to do the unthinkable, to disregard the Divine Right of Kings and hold Charles I to account for the appalling slaughter endured by his people… On an icy winter's day on a scaffold outside Whitehall, the King of England was executed. Charles Spencer explores this violent clash of ideals through the individuals whose fates were determined by that one, momentous decision. These are the shocking stories of the men who dared to kill a king.