Charles I

[joroas]

News from Warlord:

Warlord Games We've been entertaining royalty today - Charles I was being pressed into a master mould. And no, he doesn't come with a detachable head...

 

[timg]

Lol, very good!

[Yankeepedlar01]

I've seen him, I'm sure you'll like him, but he's not got a detachable head!

[Galloping Major]

"The man of blood", pre being improved by head detachment.

Should be popular with womantically wong woyalists 

Look forward to seeing the figure.

[joroas]

I've seen him, I'm sure you'll like him, but he's not got a detachable head!

Nothing a sharp razor saw couldn't correct........ 

[Doc Twilight]

About the time the good guys got representation....

Dig up Cromwell and fill him full of more holes, I say;) If there's anything left of old Wartyface.

-Doc

[Galloping Major]

Too late mate: isn't that pretty much what Chas II did after the restoration?

Actually, during the part of the First Civil War I find most appealing, Cromwell was 2IC of the Eastern Association Army, Thomas Fairfax, William Waller, Philip Skippon etc were far more prominent than he.

The King, however, was still the king, not neccessarily the worst monarch we ever had, but not far off - certainly far from being a good guy.

To paraphrase 1066 and All That: Woyalists, womantic but wrong. 

[Plynkes]

Good guys, my arse.

[Doc Twilight]

Too late mate: isn't that pretty much what Chas II did after the restoration?

Actually, during the part of the First Civil War I find most appealing, Cromwell was 2IC of the Eastern Association Army, Thomas Fairfax, William Waller, Philip Skippon etc were far more prominent than he.

The King, however, was still the king, not neccessarily the worst monarch we ever had, but not far off - certainly far from being a good guy.

To paraphrase 1066 and All That: Woyalists, womantic but wrong. 

Yes, he did indeed.

My Irish grandmother had a particular love of Cromwell... or was that a particular hatred?

I'm not saying Chaz was fantastic, but I don't think the fellows who replaced him were any better.

-Doc

[joroas]

not neccessarily the worst monarch we ever had, but not far off

Not sure that I agree, a typical younger son left with a job he was not prepared for, having had an upbringing that told him he was a little god and having been ashamed of his father's dissolute lifestyle and adopting, therefore, an incredibly moral stance.  Misguided, maybe, shy and uncomfortable, certainly, stubborn, absolutely, but a bad person, I'm not sure.  I liken him to Nicholas II, a good guy but in the wrong job at the wrong time and inheriting a wealth of bad karma from previous monarchs.

[Galloping Major]

Not sure that I agree, a typical younger son left with a job he was not prepared for, having had an upbringing that told him he was a little god and having been ashamed of his father's dissolute lifestyle and adopting, therefore, an incredibly moral stance.  Misguided, maybe, shy and uncomfortable, certainly, stubborn, absolutely, but a bad person, I'm not sure.  I liken him to Nicholas II, a good guy but in the wrong job at the wrong time and inheriting a wealth of bad karma from previous monarchs.

I must say, that's about the most reasonable defence of him I've come across so far 

Still, you have to have an enemy to fight in a war, so no doubt he'll be a popular choice. 

[ushistoryprof]

About the time the good guys got representation....

Dig up Cromwell and fill him full of more holes, I say;) If there's anything left of old Wartyface.

-Doc

Then hang and tar the body-death is too good for him. (He was a good general though too damn good actually).

[Plynkes]

Funny how these Yankee-Doodle-Dandies are so keen for us Brits to be saddled with an absolute monarchy and the Divine Rights of Kings. Weren't so damn eager for it for themselves, as I recall.

Bleedin' hypocrites.   

[ushistoryprof]

Funny how these Yankee-Doodle-Dandies are so keen for us Brits to be saddled with an absolute monarchy and the Divine Rights of Kings. Weren't so damn eager for it for themselves, as I recall.

Bleedin' hypocrites.   

Better you than us, besides tradition is so much more important in the Old World, to many over here have no respect for the ideas of the past.

[Operator5]

Funny how these Yankee-Doodle-Dandies are so keen for us Brits to be saddled with an absolute monarchy and the Divine Rights of Kings. Weren't so damn eager for it for themselves, as I recall.

Bleedin' hypocrites.   

I'd be more than happy to be declared absolute monarch over here. Anyone else would just be a pretender to the throne.