The Splendid Spur · Character
King Charles I
The executed king, whose letter the narrator carries.
minor
Also known as His Late Majesty King Charles I, King Charles, The King
First appearance: The Splendid Spur
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His Late Majesty, the king whom John Marvel serves, central to the royalist cause.
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In The Splendid Spur: His Late Majesty, the king whom John Marvel serves, central to the royalist cause. Later, in The Bowling-Green of the Crown: Mentioned as marching back to Oxford from Reading with the Prince of…
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- The Splendid Spur
- The Bowling-Green of the Crown
- VIII: I Lose the King’s Letter; and Am Carried to Bristol
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