Author: Blount, Thomas & Thomas, Charles G [editor]
Title: Boscobel Or The History Of The Most Miraculous Preservation Of King Charles II After The Battle Of Worcester September The Third 1651. To Which Is Added The King's Own Account Of His Adventures, Dictated To Mr Samuel Pepys
Description: Tylston & Edwards, 1894, 1st edition. Buckram, VG. xxxiv+167pp+4pp publishers adverts, b/w frontis, top edge gilt, fore edge untrimmed, head of the spne snagged, endpapers a little yellowed, otherwise a nice copy. LIMITED to 500 copies. Hardback , no dustjacket. ¶ Blount & King Charles' accounts of the Royal escape after the disasterous Battle of Worcester. Charles hid in an oak tree before ( unwittingly giving rise to a common pub name ) before escaping to France.

Keywords: history, biography, english civil war, royalty