King Charles II, 9780753814031
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From penniless exile to triumphant king: a life restored.

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  • Paperback

    688 pages

  • Release Date

    31 August 2002

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Summary

The Merry Monarch: A Life of King Charles II

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.

Detailed, sym…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780753814031
ISBN-10:075381403X
Author:Lady Antonia Fraser, Antonia Fraser
Publisher:Orion Publishing Co
Imprint:Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:688
Release Date:31 August 2002
Weight:540g
Dimensions:196mm x 128mm x 46mm
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Critics Review

The fullest and most sophisticated account of the most charming and approachable of English kings * Observer *

About The Author

Lady Antonia Fraser

Since 1969, Antonia Fraser has written many acclaimed historical works which have been international bestsellers, including Marie Antoinette, Mary Queen of Scots (James Tait Black Memorial Prize), Cromwell: Our Chief of Men, The Six Wives of Henry VIII and The Gunpowder Plot: Terror and Faith in 1605 (St Louis Literary Award; CWA Non-Fiction Gold Dagger). Antonia Fraser was made CBE in 1999, and awarded the Norton Medlicott Medal by the Historical Association in 2000. She is married to the playwright Harold Pinter and lives in London.

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