Contents

• PREFACE

• PART I—  THE PRINCE
  • 1—  Duke of Albany
  • 2—  Duke of York
  • 3—  Heir Apparent
  • 4—  The Heritage
  • 5—  Prince of Wales
  • 6—  The Palatinate
  • 7—  The Spanish Match
  • 8—  The Prince's Parliament
  • 9—  A Daughter of France
• PART II—  THE KING
  • 10—  Charles's First Parliament
  • 11—  'Reason of the Spaniards'
  • 12—  Charles Saves the Duke
  • 13—  Charles Saves His Marriage
  • 14—  La Rochelle
  • 15—  The Assassination of the Duke
  • 16—  The Last Parliament
  • 17—  Peace
• PART III—  PERSONAL RULE
  • 18—  The King in Council
  • 19—  Modern Prince and Feudal Lord
  • 20—  The King's Great Business
  • 21—  The King and His Court
  • 22—  The Yearly Round
  • 23—  The King and His Church
• PART IV—  CONFLICT
  • 24—  The King and the Scots
  • 25—  The King and the Opposition
  • 26—  The King and Parliament
  • 27—  The King and Strafford
  • 28—  The Last of London
• PART V—  CIVIL WAR
  • 29—  The King's Standard Unfurled
  • 30—  Commander-in-Chief
  • 31—  The Second Campaign
  • 32—  'My Marching Army'
  • 33—  'Never Man So Alone'
  • 34—  Dum Spiro Spero
  • 35—  'To Vindicate His Helpless Right'

• Notes
• REFERENCES
• BIBLIOGRAPHY