Audiovisual Tour Guides
ANTHONY HOWELL: ST. JAMES'S PARK
Actor best known for his roles in Foyle's War, Mr. Selfridge, Shetland & his many performances at Shakespeare's Globe Theatre.
Combining the magic of history, travel and storytelling by allowing visitors to not just see the sites, but step inside their stories.
"Death of a King is spine-tingling and transportive.
A wonderful way of capturing the spirit of the time and place."
Jesse Childs, prize-winning writer and historian
"A magical tour...brilliantly written. it weaves you into its story and you are spellbound, watching the decline, fall and execution of the King - and you can’t do anything to stop it."
Kate Williams, CNN royal historian & New York Times bestselling author
St. James's Park Testimonials
Imagine a chilly day in late January 1649, and a carriage with a gold crest on its doors arrives at the gatehouse of St. James's Palace. It is carrying an eight-year-old boy and his thirteen-year-old sister. They are Henry, Duke of Gloucester, and Princess Elizabeth, two of Charles the First’s children.
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But, this is no happy royal or family visit. For, in a unique moment in English history, the king has recently been condemned to death, and these children have been brought to London to say their final goodbyes to their father.
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Escorted by a regiment of 1200 men, King Charles the First is paraded from St. James’s Palace, through St. James’s Park and onto Whitehall, where his executioner awaits.
Walk in the footsteps of the condemned King as you learn about the events that ultimately led to this remarkable renunciation of the Divine Right of Kings and stand witness to his final words as the axe falls.
CHARLES
SPENCER
AUTHOR
Sunday Times bestselling author and finalist for "History Book of the Year".
ANTHONY
HOWELL
NARRATOR
Actor best known for his roles in Foyle's War, Mr. Selfridge & many performances at Shakespeare's Globe Theatre.
ANTHONY HOWELL
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TELEVISION
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2002–10 Foyle's War Paul Milner
2015 Crossing Lines Nigel St.Clair
2015 You, Me and the Apocalypse Father Christophe
2013 Dracula Lord Laurent
2013 Mr Selfridge Jean Neuhaus
2013 Shetland Peter Latimer
2010 Dirk Gently Gordon Way
2003 Hawking Hamlet
2002 The Other Boleyn Girl William Carey
2002 Ultimate Force Cpl. Sam Leonard
2001 Helen West Dinsdale Cotton
2001 Swallow Dr. Max Stokes
1999 Wives and Daughters Roger Hamley
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THEATRE
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2010–11 Anne Boleyn, Howard Brenton Henry VIII
2005–06 And Then There Were None, Agatha Christie Lombard
2015 The Heresy of Love, Helen Edmundson Bishop Santa Cruz
2014 Julius Caesar, William Shakespeare Cassius
2012 The Seagull, Anton Chekhov Trigorin
2010 Henry VIII, William Shakespeare Duke of Buckingham
2008 Jingo: A Farce of War, Charles Wood Ian
2008 Portrait of a Lady, Henry James Ralph
2008 A Doll's House, Henrik Ibsen Krogstad
2007 The French Lieutenant's Woman, John Fowles Charles Wilson
2005 The Lifeblood, Glyn Maxwell Sir Thomas Gorge
2002 As You Like It, William Shakespeare Orlando
2000 Romeo and Juliet, William Shakespeare Benvolio
2000 The Comedy of Errors, William Shakespeare Antipholus of Ephesus
1998 The Promise, Aleksei Arbuzov Marat
1998 The Geometry of Miracles, Robert Lepage Wes Peters