The Tyrannicide Brief: The Man Who Sent Charles I to the Scaffold by Geoffrey Robertson

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

Geoffrey Robertson

352 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

nonfiction history politics informative fast-paced
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This is a life of John Cook, the bravest of barristers, whose bowels were publicly burned as punishment for sending the King to the scaffold. In 1649, no lawyer in the country would accept the brief of prosecuting Charles I. All packed their bags ...

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