Which word is a synonym for resounding in this sentence: Charles Spencer's latest book, To Catch a King, tells us the story of the hunt for King Charles II in the six weeks after his resounding defeat at the Battle of Worcester in September 1651.

Which word is a synonym for defeat in this sentence: Charles Spencer's latest book, To Catch a King, tells us the story of the hunt for King Charles II in the six weeks after his resounding defeat at the Battle of Worcester in September 1651.

Which word is a synonym for sacrifice in this sentence: After his father was executed by the Parliamentarians in 1649, the young Charles II sacrificed one of the very principles his father had died for and did a deal with the Scots.

Which word is a synonym for principle in this sentence: After his father was executed by the Parliamentarians in 1649, the young Charles II sacrificed one of the very principles his father had died for and did a deal with the Scots.

Which word is a synonym for deal in this sentence: After his father was executed by the Parliamentarians in 1649, the young Charles II sacrificed one of the very principles his father had died for and did a deal with the Scots.

Which word is a synonym for thereby in this sentence: The young Charles II sacrificed one of the very principles his father had died for and did a deal with the Scots, thereby accepting Presbyterianism as the national religion in return for being crowned King of Scots.

Which word is a synonym for prompt in this sentence: His arrival in Edinburgh prompted the English Parliamentary army to invade Scotland in a pre-emptive strike.

Which word is a synonym for invade in this sentence: His arrival in Edinburgh prompted the English Parliamentary army to invade Scotland in a pre-emptive strike.

Which word is a synonym for pre-emptive strike in this sentence: His arrival in Edinburgh prompted the English Parliamentary army to invade Scotland in a pre-emptive strike.

Which word is a synonym for comprehensively in this sentence: After being comprehensively defeated on the meadows outside the city by the Parliamentarian army, the 21-year-old king found himself the subject of a national manhunt, with a huge sum offered for his capture.

Which word is a synonym for meadows in this sentence: After being comprehensively defeated on the meadows outside the city by the Parliamentarian army, the 21-year-old king found himself the subject of a national manhunt, with a huge sum offered for his capture.

Which word is a synonym for capture in this sentence: After being comprehensively defeated on the meadows outside the city by the Parliamentarian army, the 21-year-old king found himself the subject of a national manhunt, with a huge sum offered for his capture.

Which word is a synonym for escape in this sentence: Over the following six weeks he managed, through a series of heart-poundingly close escapes, to evade the Parliamentarians before seeking refuge in France.

Which word is a synonym for evade in this sentence: Over the following six weeks he managed, through a series of heart-poundingly close escapes, to evade the Parliamentarians before seeking refuge in France.

Which word is a synonym for refuge in this sentence: Over the following six weeks he managed, through a series of heart-poundingly close escapes, to evade the Parliamentarians before seeking refuge in France.

Which word is a synonym for penniless in this sentence: For the next nine years, the penniless and defeated Charles wandered around Europe with only a small group of loyal supporters.

Which word is a synonym for wander in this sentence: For the next nine years, the penniless and defeated Charles wandered around Europe with only a small group of loyal supporters.

Which word is a synonym for restoration in this sentence: Years later, after his restoration as king, the 50-year-old Charles II requested a meeting with the writer and diarist Samuel Pepys.

Which word is a synonym for request in this sentence: Years later, after his restoration as king, the 50-year-old Charles II requested a meeting with the writer and diarist Samuel Pepys.

Which word is a synonym for diarist in this sentence: Years later, after his restoration as king, the 50-year-old Charles II requested a meeting with the writer and diarist Samuel Pepys.

Which word is a synonym for commit something to paper in this sentence: Years later, after his restoration as king, the 50-year-old Charles II requested a meeting with the writer and diarist Samuel Pepys. His intention when asking Pepys to commit his story to paper was to ensure that this most extraordinary episode was never forgotten.

Which word is a synonym for episode in this sentence: His intention when asking Pepys to commit his story to paper was to ensure that this most extraordinary episode was never forgotten.

Which word is a synonym for sitting in this sentence: Over two three-hour sittings, the king related to him in great detail his personal recollections of the six weeks he had spent as a fugitive.

Which word is a synonym for relate in this sentence: Over two three-hour sittings, the king related to him in great detail his personal recollections of the six weeks he had spent as a fugitive.

Which word is a synonym for memory in this sentence: Over two three-hour sittings, the king related to him in great detail his personal memory of the six weeks he had spent as a fugitive.

Which word is a synonym for settle down in this sentence: As the king and secretary settled down, Charles commenced his story.

Which word is a synonym for commence in this sentence: As the king and secretary settled down (a scene that is surely a gift for a future scriptwriter), Charles commence his story.

Which word is a synonym for narrative in this sentence: One of the joys of Spencer's book, a result not least of its use of Charles II's own narrative as well as those of his supporters, is just how close the reader gets to the action.

Which word is a synonym for delicious in this sentence: The day-by-day retelling of the fugitives' doings provides delicious details.

Which word is a synonym for draw out in this sentence: Spencer draws out both the humour.such as the preposterous refusal of Charles's friend Henry Wilmot to adopt disguise on the grounds that it was beneath his dignity.

Which word is a synonym for preposterous in this sentence: Spencer draws out both the humour - such as the preposterous refusal of Charles's friend Henry Wilmot to adopt disguise on the grounds that it was beneath his dignity.

Which word is a synonym for disguise in this sentence: Spencer draws out both the humour - such as the preposterous refusal of Charles's friend Henry Wilmot to adopt disguise on the grounds that it was beneath his dignity.

Which word is a synonym for tension in this sentence: The emotional tension when the secret of the king's presence was cautiously revealed to his supporters.

Which word is a synonym for cautiously in this sentence: The emotional tension when the secret of the king's presence was cautiously revealed to his supporters.

Which word is a synonym for whilts in this sentence: Whilts almost everyone in England had been appalled by the execution of his father, they had not welcomed the arrival of his son with the Scots army.

Which word is a synonym for appalled in this sentence: Almost everyone in England had been appalled by the execution of his father.

Which word is a synonym for execution in this sentence: Almost everyone in England had been appalled by the execution of his father.

Which word is a synonym for bolt in this sentence: England had been appalled by the execution of his father, they had not welcomed the arrival of his son with the Scots army, but had instead firmly bolted their doors.

Which word is a synonym for head in this sentence: This was partly because he rode at the head of what looked like a foreign invasion force and partly because, after almost a decade of civil war.

Which word is a synonym for civil war in this sentence: After almost a decade of civil war, people were desperate to avoid it beginning again.

Which word is a synonym for desperate in this sentence: After almost a decade of civil war, people were desperate to avoid it beginning again.

Which word is a synonym for courtier in this sentence: As well as retelling it to anyone who would listen, causing eye rolling among courtiers, he set in train a series of initiatives to memorialise it.

Which word is a synonym for set in train in this sentence: As well as retelling it to anyone who would listen, causing eye rolling among courtiers, he set in train a series of initiatives to memorialise it.

Which word is a synonym for initiative in this sentence: As well as retelling it to anyone who would listen, causing eye rolling among courtiers, he set in train a series of initiatives to memorialise it.

Which word is a synonym for memorialize in this sentence: As well as retelling it to anyone who would listen, causing eye rolling among courtiers, he set in train a series of initiatives to memorialise it.

Which word is a synonym for chivalry in this sentence: There was to be a new order of chivalry, the Knights of the Royal Oak.

Which word is a synonym for depict in this sentence: A series of enormous oil paintings depicting the episode were produced, including a two-metre-wide canvas of Boscobel Wood and a set of six similarly enormous paintings of the king on the run.

Which word is a synonym for on the run in this sentence: A series of enormous oil paintings depicting the episode were produced, including a two-metre-wide canvas of Boscobel Wood and a set of six similarly enormous paintings of the king on the run.

Which word is a synonym for commission in this sentence: In 1660, Charles II commissioned the artist John Michael Wright to paint a flying squadron of cherubs carrying an oak tree to the heavens on the ceiling of his bedchamber.

Which word is a synonym for bedchamber in this sentence: In 1660, Charles II commissioned the artist John Michael Wright to paint a flying squadron of cherubs carrying an oak tree to the heavens on the ceiling of his bedchamber.

Which word is a synonym for pass sth on in this sentence: Charles Spencer is the perfect person to pass the story on to a new generation.

Which word is a synonym for pacey in this sentence: His pacey, readable prose steers deftly clear of modern idioms and elegantly brings to life the details of the great tale.

Which word is a synonym for prose in this sentence: His pacey, readable prose steers deftly clear of modern idioms and elegantly brings to life the details of the great tale.

Which word is a synonym for steer clear of in this sentence: His pacey, readable prose steers deftly clear of modern idioms and elegantly brings to life the details of the great tale.

Which word is a synonym for deftly in this sentence: His pacey, readable prose steers deftly clear of modern idioms and elegantly brings to life the details of the great tale.

Which word is a synonym for even-handed in this sentence: He has even-handed sympathy for both the fugitive king and the fierce republican regime that hunted him.

Which word is a synonym for fugitive in this sentence: He has even-handed sympathy for both the fugitive king and the fierce republican regime that hunted him.

Which word is a synonym for fierce in this sentence: He has even-handed sympathy for both the fugitive king and the fierce republican regime that hunted him.

Which word is a synonym for regime in this sentence: He has even-handed sympathy for both the fugitive king and the fierce republican regime that hunted him.

Which word is a synonym for tantalising in this sentence: The tantalising question left, in the end, is that of what it all meant.

Which word is a synonym for assume in this sentence: Did the need to assume disguises, to survive on wit and charm alone, to use trickery and subterfuge to escape from tight corners help form him?

Which word is a synonym for trickery in this sentence: Did the need to assume disguises, to survive on wit and charm alone, to use trickery and subterfuge to escape from tight corners help form him?

Which word is a synonym for subterfuge in this sentence: Did the need to assume disguises, to survive on wit and charm alone, to use trickery and subterfuge to escape from tight corners help form him?

Which word is a synonym for mark in this sentence: This is the one area where the book doesn't quite hit the mark.

Which word is a synonym for monarch in this sentence: Instead its depiction of Charles II in his final years as an ineffective, pleasure-loving monarch doesn't do justice to the man (neither is it accurate), or to the complexity of his character.

Which word is a synonym for do justice to  in this sentence: Instead its depiction of Charles II in his final years as an ineffective, pleasure-loving monarch doesn't do justice to the man (neither is it accurate), or to the complexity of his character.

Which word is a synonym for niggle in this sentence: Put this one niggle aside, To Catch a King is an excellent read.