# King Ferdinand Charles — The World Set Free character guide

> King Ferdinand Charles in The World Set Free by H. G. Wells.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Ferdinand Charles, King Ferdinand, Charles

**First appearance:** 0024-iii

## Who they are

A European king during the war period.

## In the story

### [III: The Ending of War](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_world_set_free_se/chapters/iii-the-ending-of-war)

A Balkan king who secretly plots to hide atomic bombs from the world government, fearing execution.

### [The Balkan King's Defiance and the Brissago Plot](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_world_set_free_se/chapters/vi)

The 'Slavic Fox' who alone defies the Brissago conference, using cunning and delay tactics to avoid submission.

### [§ VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_world_set_free_se/chapters/vii)

The Balkan king, last of the romantic Caesars, schemes to hide atomic bombs from the World Government, oscillating between grand ambition and abject terror of being hanged.

### [IV: The New Phase](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_world_set_free_se/chapters/iv-the-new-phase)

Mentioned as a monarch who might have carried the world back to evils if his bombs had reached their destination, but his face vanished from the sight of men.

### [§ VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_world_set_free_se/chapters/viii)

His disappearance from the scene is noted as a sign of monarchy's obsolescence.

### [§ X](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_world_set_free_se/chapters/x)

Referenced as a potential counterforce who might have carried the world back to evils if his bombs had reached their destination.

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