The story of the President of an English republic, 1649 to 1653
On 28th June 2001 Stockport Heritage Trust brings out a short book
on the life of a remarkable man, locally born John
Bradshawe the judge who tried and sentenced Charles I to death,
and then served as England's head of state for the next four years.
Bradshawe's Ghost is a double first. Until now no life of the
President (whom the author has described as "England's Dirty
Secret") has ever been published. This is also the
first book to bear the imprint of Stockport Heritage Trust.
Bradshawe's Ghost, which arose from performances given by the
author at HatWorks (the Museum of Hatting, Stockport), is unusual in
telling the factual tale of its subject in the first person. It
prefigures a more conventional biography of John Bradshawe, which lain
McLean and Heritage Trust co-founder Steve Cliffe are researching.
Bradshawe's Ghost: ISBN 0-9540574-0-6
66pp; 28 illustrations in the text. Paperback £4.95
