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Rearview Mirror Chronicles
Keith Hockton, FRAS, is a writer, publisher, and award-winning podcaster based in Penang, Malaysia, with a deep passion for uncovering the stories that shaped our world. As the Southeast Asia Editor for International Living magazine, Keith explores the intersections of history, culture, and modern life across the region.
A dynamic lecturer and storyteller, he speaks internationally on Southeast Asian politics, economics, and history—bringing the past to life with clarity, wit, and insight. Keith is also a proud Fellow of The Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland and is on a mission to make history not only accessible but genuinely entertaining for everyone.
His published books include:
• Atlas of Australian Dive Sites - Travellers Edition (Harper Collins Australia, 2003).
• Penang - An inside guide to its historic homes, buildings, monuments and parks (MPH Publishing, 2012; 2nd Edition 2014; 3rd Edition 2017).
• Festivals of Malaysia (Trafalgar Publishing, 2015).
• The Habitat Penang Hill: A pocket history (Entrepot Publishing, 2018)
• Alana and the Secret Life of Trees at Night (Entrepot Publishing, 2018)
• Penang Then & Now: A Century of Change in Pictures (Entrepot Publishing, 2019; 2nd Edition 2021
• Bersama Lima - Five Together (Entrepot Publishing, 2022)
www.entrepotpublishing.com
Rearview Mirror Chronicles
The Trial and Execution of Charles I
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In January 1649, something happened that had never happened before.
A reigning monarch was put on trial by his own people.
In this episode of Rearview Mirror Chronicles, we step inside the charged, breathless drama of the trial of Charles I. A king who believed he ruled by divine right now found himself facing a court that denied that any man stood above the law. The stakes were nothing less than the future of England itself.
Was this justice, or revolution dressed up as legality? Was Charles a tyrant, a martyr, or simply a man who could not bend?
From the tense exchanges in Westminster Hall to the final walk through the Banqueting House, this episode recreates the extraordinary moment when a kingdom turned on its sovereign. The arguments are sharp, the atmosphere electric, and the ending irreversible.
A crown. A courtroom. A scaffold.
This is the story of how a king lost his head, and how a nation changed forever.
For books written and published by Keith Hocton