PEOPLE can hear all about one of the English Civil War’s most paradoxical heroes during a talk at Dudley Archives next month.

The Friends of Dudley Archives has arranged for local historian Max Keene to reveal all about Prince Rupert of the Rhine, the nephew of King Charles I.

Handsome, impetuous and courageous, he was the epitome of the 'Cavalier' yet he was born a German prince and a protestant.

The event will take place at the Tipton Road centre on Thursday, May 3.

It will start at 7.30pm and admission is £2.