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Author : Antonia Fraser
Publisher : New York : Knopf
Page : 586 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 039449721X
A biography of Charles II, 17th century British king whose reign after Cromwell's death brought about a return to peace and order.
Author : Antonia Pakenham Fraser (Lady)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Charles II,King of Great Britain
ISBN : OCLC:1321774921
Author : Antonia Pakenham Fraser
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:760451089
Author : Antonia Fraser
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 626 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : PSU:000019627083
The story of King Charles II is one of enduring fascination. The golden childhood of the boy Prince in the Van Dyck pictures gave way to an adventurous youth in Civil War England and abroad, ending traumatically when his father was executed in 1649. Charles II, King at eighteen, succeeded to 'nothing but the name'. After his valiant attempt to regain the throne was defeated by Cromwell at Worcester, the King made his epic escape - to years of exile, poverty and humiliation in Europe. The 'miraculous' Restoration ushered in a reign coloured by a series of equally dramatic events: the Great Plague, the Fire of London, two Dutch Wars, the bizarre Popish Plot, and finally the efforts of the Whigs to exclude his Catholic brother James from the succession, culminating in the King's unexpected triumph over them at the Oxford Parliament of 1681. A lover of women, passionate planner of parks and palaces and friend of the arts, this was the man who was to overcome the many problems of hi s reign and die not only in control of his country but in the affection of his countrymen. In this meticulously researched biography, Antonia Fraser offers important judgements and reassessments on central q
Author : Tim Harris
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 660 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2006-01-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9780141926742
The late seventeenth century was a period of extraordinary turbulence and political violence in Britain, the like of which has never been seen since. Beginning with the Restoration of the monarchy after the Civil War, this book traces the fate of the monarchy from Charles II's triumphant accession in 1660 to the growing discontent of the 1680s. Harris looks beyond the popular image of Restoration England revelling in its freedom from the austerity of Puritan rule under a merry monarch and reconstructs the human tragedy of Restoration politics where people were brutalised, hounded and exploited by a regime that was desperately insecure after two decade of civil war and republican rule.
Author : Stephen Coote
Publisher : Palgrave MacMillan
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2001-03-20
Category : History
ISBN : 0312238339
A brilliant biography of the monarch who restored the crown to England.
Author : Royal Collection Trust
Publisher : Royal Collection Editions
Page : 472 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Art
ISBN : UCSD:31822043931898
The Restoration era of the British monarchy covers the reigns of Charles II (1660-85) and James II (1685-8). This publication focuses on the art and culture of the Restoration court at this time, including the development of an 'English baroque' and the use of court ritual and art (especially decorative art) by both monarchs. This sumptuously illustrated book showcases the replacement crown jewels made for the coronation of Charles II in 1661, his collection of Italian Old Master paintings, drawings by Leonardo da Vinci and the spectacular furnishings of the palaces of Whitehall and St James's.
Author : Sarah-Beth Watkins
Publisher : John Hunt Publishing
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2017-04-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9781785355707
Catherine of Braganza, a Portuguese princess, married Charles II in 1662 and became the merry monarch's Restoration queen. Yet life for her was not so merry - she put up with the king's many mistresses and continuous plots to remove her from the throne. She lived through times of war, plague and fire. Catherine's marriage saw many trials and tribulations including her inability to produce an heir. Yet Charles supported his queen throughout the Restoration, remaining devoted to her no matter what. Outliving her husband, she ended up back in her home country and spent her final days as queen-regent of Portugal.
Author : John Miller
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 133 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2014-09-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317887140
This key Seminar Study was first published as Restoration England: The Reign of Charles II in 1985. Unavailable for several years, the book has now been heavily revised, and expanded, to take account of over ten years of new scholarship. In particular, the Second Edition reflects new work done on political parties, the constitution, taxation, the church, and the legacy of the civil wars. As ever primary documents illustrate points raised in the text and an extensive bibliography directs readers to further reading. New for this edition is a chronology of the main events in Charles II's reign which, given the thematic treatment of the reign, readers are likely to find particularly useful. When Charles II was restored to the throne in 1660 the event was widely greeted as a return to normal after the upheavals of civil war. In this short study Professor John Miller explores how far this was true and how far the civil wars had, in fact, weakened (or strengthened) the monarchy. The book divides neatly into two: in the first part the 'Restoration Settlement' of 1660-4 is examined in detail; and, in the second, the salient features of government, politics and religion under Charles II are considered, seeking to show how well the restored regime worked in practice. Throughout, complex issues of change over time are explained as clearly and concisely as possible and the Restoration is placed in the wider context of the development of England in the seventeenth century.
Author : Jenny Uglow
Publisher : Faber & Faber
Page : 594 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2009-11-05
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780571255535
Charles II was thirty when he crossed the Channel in fine May weather in 1660. His Restoration was greeted with maypoles and bonfires, like spring after long years of Cromwell's rule. But there was no going back, no way he could 'restore' the old. Certainty had vanished. The divinity of kingship fled with his father's beheading. 'Honour' was now a word tossed around in duels. 'Providence' could no longer be trusted. As the country was rocked by plague, fire and war, people searched for new ideas by which to live. Exactly ten years later Charles II would stand again on the shore at Dover, laying the greatest bet of his life in a secret deal with his cousin, Louis XIV. The Restoration decade was one of experiment: from the science of the Royal Society to the startling role of credit and risk, from the shocking licence of the court to the failed attempts at toleration of different beliefs. Negotiating all these, Charles II, the 'slippery sovereign', played odds and took chances, dissembling and manipulating his followers. The theatres were restored, but the king was the supreme actor. Yet while his grandeur, his court and his colourful sex life were on display, his true intentions lay hidden. A Gambling Man is a portrait of Charles II, exploring his elusive nature through the lens of these ten vital years - and a portrait of a vibrant, violent, pulsing world, racked with plague, fire and war, in which the risks the king took forged the fate of the nation, on the brink of the modern world.
Author : Antonia Fraser
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : 1407215299
The story of King Charles II is one of enduring fascination. In this meticulously researched biography Antonia Fraser offers important judgements and reassessments on central questions of the reign, such as his patriotism and religious beliefs.
Author : J R Jones
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2023-07-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000897685
First published in 1987, Charles II argues that the conditions affecting government and political activity changed constantly through the reign creating new situations and new sets of problems for the restored monarch and his servants. Charles and his ministers found themselves under almost constant pressures from the parliament, the Church, foreign states and organized public opinion that differed essentially from those encountered by previous rulers. These pressures proved to be the most important influence on Charles, making him concentrate almost entire on short-term tactics and eventually engage in complex manoeuvring to outwit the leaders of the first two political parties, the Whigs and his own Tory auxiliaries. The conditions affecting government differed sharply from one phase of Charles’ reign to another. Professor Jones charts the attitudes and the extent of Charles’ involvement in administration and politics from his exile through the Restoration, his relationships with Clarendon, Buckingham and Danby, the ‘Cabal’ of 1668-73, the mixed administration from 1679 and the contest with the Whigs to his personal rule during the last four years of his reign. This book will be of interest to students of history and literature.
Author : Ronald Hutton
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 586 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UOM:39015018892706
This is the first scholarly biography of the king who is remembered by the English with more popular affection than almost any other. Covering his entire life, it takes in his colourful years as a prince and as an exiled monarch during the Civil War and Interregnum, in addition to his later career as effective ruler of three kingdoms. A unique feature of Ronald Hutton's authoritative study is the attention given to Charles's reign over Scotland and Ireland, as well as England, giving us the first united history of the British Isles in this period. The work is based throughout on all the known surviving sources, some of which have never been used before. This lively and comprehensive biography fills an important gap in Stuart historiography, and will be indispensable to anyone interested in the period.
Author : Jack M. Sosin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015000672272
Author : Antonia Fraser
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : 1407215299
The story of King Charles II is one of enduring fascination. In this meticulously researched biography Antonia Fraser offers important judgements and reassessments on central questions of the reign, such as his patriotism and religious beliefs.