# King Charles I — The Splendid Spur character guide

> King Charles I in The Splendid Spur by Arthur Quiller-Couch.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** His Late Majesty King Charles I, King Charles, The King

**First appearance:** 0001-the-splendid-spur

## Who they are

The executed king, whose letter the narrator carries.

## In the story

### [The Splendid Spur](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_splendid_spur_se/chapters/the-splendid-spur)

His Late Majesty, the king whom John Marvel serves, central to the royalist cause.

### [The Bowling-Green of the Crown](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_splendid_spur_se/chapters/i-the-bowling-green-of-the-crown)

Mentioned as marching back to Oxford from Reading with the Prince of Wales and others on the day of the chapter.

### [VIII: I Lose the King’s Letter; and Am Carried to Bristol](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_splendid_spur_se/chapters/viii-i-lose-the-king-s-letter-and-am-carried-to-bristol)

The King's letter is lost to the Parliamentarians.

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