The Tyrannicide Brief
The Story of the Man who sent Charles I to the Scaffold
- Format: Pocket
- Antall sider: 464
- Språk: Engelsk
- Forlag/Utgiver: SD Books
- EAN: 9780099459194
- Utgivelsesår: 2006
- Bidragsyter: Robertson, Geoffrey, QC
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But in 1649 parliament was hard put to find a lawyer with the skill and daring to prosecute a King who was above the law: in the end the man they briefed was the radical barrister, John Cooke. Cooke was a plebeian, son of a poor farmer, but he had the courage to bring the King's trial to its dramatic conclusion: the English republic.