The Merry Monarch

Author : Jean Plaidy
Publisher : Crown
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2008-01-22
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780307409966

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The Merry Monarch's Wife by Jean Plaidy Pdf

Charles II is restored to the English throne, and his court is lively and even scandalous. The country is eager for succession to be clear and certain: The next king will be the son of Charles II and his queen, Catherine of Braganza. Yet Catherine, daughter of the king of Portugal and a Catholic, has never been popular with the English people. She is also having great difficulty conceiving an heir, even as many of Charles’s well-known mistresses are bearing his children with ease. Catherine is aware that courtiers close to Charles are asking him to divorce her and take another wife—yet she is determined to hold her title in the face of all odds. The ninth novel in the beloved Queens of England series, The Merry Monarch’s Wife brings Catherine of Braganza to life and plunges readers into the tumultuous world of Restoration England.

Author : William Henry Davenport Adams
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 438 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1885
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : HARVARD:32044081144636

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The Merry Monarch by William Henry Davenport Adams Pdf

Author : William Henry Davenport Adams
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1885
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : HARVARD:32044090366899

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The Merry Monarch by William Henry Davenport Adams Pdf

Author : David C Hanrahan
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 245 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2006-04-20
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780752494739

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Charles II and the Duke of Buckingham by David C Hanrahan Pdf

Paints a picture of friendship, exile, betrayal, murder, adultery, infamy, alchemy and scandal in royal and courtly circles. Buckingham was brought up in court with the two kings, James II and Charles II - his own father. The author investigates why Charles remained true to his childhood friend despite Buckingham's ingratitude.

Author : John Howard PAYNE (Dramatist.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1827
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0019743727

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Charles the Second: or, The merry monarch, etc by John Howard PAYNE (Dramatist.) Pdf

Author : Hesketh Pearson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1960
Category : Charles, King of Great Britain, 2d
ISBN : UOM:39015065840731

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Merry Monarch by Hesketh Pearson Pdf

Author : W. H. Davenport (William Henry Da Adams
Publisher : Hardpress Publishing
Page : 442 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2012-08
Category : History
ISBN : 1290525404

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The Merry Monarch; Or, England Under Charles Ii. Its Art, Literature and Society by W. H. Davenport (William Henry Da Adams Pdf

Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.

Author : Michael Walsh,Don Jordan
Publisher : Little, Brown Book Group
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2012-08-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9780748126545

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The King's Revenge by Michael Walsh,Don Jordan Pdf

When Charles I was executed, his son Charles II made it his role to search out retribution, producing the biggest manhunt Britain had ever seen, one that would span Europe and America and would last for thirty years. Men who had once been among the most powerful figures in England ended up on the scaffold, on the run, or in fear of the assassin's bullet. History has painted the regicides and their supporters as fanatical Puritans, but among them were remarkable men, including John Milton and Oliver Cromwell. Don Jordan and Michael Walsh bring these remarkable figures and this astonishing story vividly to life an engrossing, bloody tale of plots, spies, betrayal, fear and ambition.

Author : Tim Harris
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 660 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2006-01-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9780141926742

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Restoration by Tim Harris Pdf

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 : David C Hanrahan
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2006-04-20
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780752494739

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Charles II & the Duke of Buckingham by David C Hanrahan Pdf

Paints a picture of friendship, exile, betrayal, murder, adultery, infamy, alchemy and scandal in royal and courtly circles. Buckingham was brought up in court with the two kings, James II and Charles II - his own father. The author investigates why Charles remained true to his childhood friend despite Buckingham's ingratitude.

Author : Antonia Fraser
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 544 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2011-06-16
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781780220680

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King Charles II by Antonia Fraser Pdf

Following a youth of poverty and bitter exile after his father's execution, the ousted king first challenged, then made his magnificent escape from, Cromwell's troops before he was eventually restored to his throne in triumph in 1660. Spanning his life both before and after the Restoration, Antonia Fraser's lively and fascinating biography captures all the vitality of the man and the expansiveness of the age.

Author : W. H. Davenport Adams
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 430 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2018-02-02
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0267598769

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The Merry Monarch, Or England Under Charles II, Vol. 1 of 2 by W. H. Davenport Adams Pdf

Excerpt from The Merry Monarch, or England Under Charles II, Vol. 1 of 2: Its Art, Literature, and Society A work of this kind, however limited in scope or unpre tending in execution, must necessarily be based upon a large number of authorities. But from many, perhaps, only a suggestion has been caught or an illustration bor rowed, and it is not possible to make these the subject of particular reference. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author : William Henry Davenport Adams
Publisher : Palala Press
Page : 438 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2015-12-27
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1353928616

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The Merry Monarch by William Henry Davenport Adams Pdf

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : Linda Porter
Publisher : Pan Macmillan
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2020-04-16
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781509877089

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Mistresses by Linda Porter Pdf

According to the great diarist, John Evelyn, Charles II was ‘addicted to women’, and throughout his long reign a great many succumbed to his charms. Clever, urbane and handsome, Charles presided over a hedonistic court, in which licence and licentiousness prevailed. Mistresses is the story of the women who shared Charles’s bed, each of whom wielded influence on both the politics and cultural life of the country. From the young king-in-exile’s first mistress and mother to his first child, Lucy Walter, to the promiscuous and ill-tempered courtier, Barbara Villiers. From Frances Teresa Stuart, ‘the prettiest girl in the world’ to history’s most famous orange-seller, ‘pretty, witty’ Nell Gwynn and to her fellow-actress, Moll Davis, who bore the last of the king’s fifteen illegitimate children. From Louise de Kéroualle, the French aristocrat – and spy for Louis XIV – to the sexually ambiguous Hortense Mancini. Here, too, is the forlorn and humiliated Queen Catherine, the Portuguese princess who was Charles’s childless queen. Drawing on a wide variety of original sources, including material in private archives, Linda Porter paints a vivid picture of these women and of Restoration England, an era that was both glamorous and sordid.

Author : William Henry Davenport Adams
Publisher : Palala Press
Page : 434 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2016-05-18
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1357084137

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The Merry Monarch by William Henry Davenport Adams Pdf

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.