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Robert Harris on the manhunt for Charles I’s killers

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4.34.7K Ratings

🗓️ 5 October 2022

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Charles II was determined to seek revenge on the men who killed his father. During the Restoration period the regicides fled across the globe and were hunted down by the king’s allies, to be gruesomely executed for their part in Charles I’s death. Historical novelist Robert Harris tells Rhiannon Davies about his new book, Act of Oblivion, which follows the hunt for two Cromwellian colonels who signed the king’s death warrant. (Ad) Robert Harris is the author of Act of Oblivion (Cornerstone, 2022). Buy it now from Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Act-Oblivion-Robert-Harris/dp/1529151767/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2PEOB1OF8A1FW&keywords=robert+harris+act+of+oblivion&qid=1665044977&qu=eyJxc2MiOiIxLjkyIiwicXNhIjoiMS4zMiIsInFzcCI6IjEuMzEifQ%3D%3D&sprefix=robert+harris+act+of+%2Caps%2C60&sr=8-1&tag=bbchistory045-21&ascsubtag=historyextra-social-Histboty Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Welcome to the History Extra podcast.

1:11.7

Fascinating historical conversations from BBC History Magazine and BBC History revealed.

1:32.6

It's 1660 and two men are on the run, wanted for killing a king. The pursuit of the regicides has been described as the greatest manhunt of the 17th century,

1:38.8

and it's the subject of best-selling author Robert Harris's new book, Act of Oblivion.

1:45.4

As he told Rihanna Davis, the book follows two of those responsible for killing King Charles I,

1:51.6

Colonel's Edward Wally and William Goff, as they desperately try and evade the executioner's blade themselves. So, Robert, what drew you to writing about the hunt for the regicides,

1:57.3

the men responsible for the death of Charles I? Well, it was just pure chance. I happened to

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