NPG Lunchtime Lecture - White King: the tragedy of Charles I
Writer Leanda de Lisle talks about her fresh portrait of Charles and his reign, informed by previously unseen royal correspondence.
To some Charles I was a martyr crowned in white, the symbol of innocence; to others he was the hated White King of ancient myths. Writer Leanda de Lisle talks about her fresh portrait of Charles and his reign, informed by previously unseen royal correspondence - a story for our times of populist politicians, religious war, and of the forgotten women who played for power with the highest stakes.
Leanda de Lisle is a regular commentator on matters historical for TV, radio, and a number of publications including the Times, the Daily Mail, Mail on Sunday, the Daily Express, BBC History magazine, History Today, the Literary Review, the New Criterion and the Spectator. Her latest book, White King, is a biography of Charles I and his loss of three kingdoms.