The Life and Times of Charles II.

Falkus, Christopher and Antonia Fraser:

ISBN 10: 0297831658 / ISBN 13: 9780297831655

Published by London : Weidenfeld Nicolson Illustrated, 1992

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224 Seiten. Seitenwerk vollständig und textsauber, lediglich altersgemäß leicht bis mäßig nachgedunkelt. Einband leicht berieben und mäßig randlagerspurig. ISBN: 9780297831655 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 640 24,8 x 17,6 x 1,8 cm, Broschiert.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Life and Times of Charles II.
• Publisher: London : Weidenfeld Nicolson Illustrated
• Publication Date: 1992
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0297831658
• ISBN 13: 9780297831655
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: Reprint.
• Condition: Sehr gut
• Weight: 640 grams
• Seller catalogs:
  • Geschichte Adel

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Synopsis

Charles II was the most popular of Kings in his lifetime and has remained so to posterity. In this biography of 'the Merry Monarch', Christopher Falkus seeks to show why this is so and indicates that the secret lay not so much in the positive achievements of his reign, as in the essentially human qualities which set him apart from other sovereigns. But Charles, of course, was more than a witty, tolerant, urbane man; he was a ruler of three kingdoms - England, Scotland and Ireland - who came to the throne after years of exhausting Civil War and whose first purpose was to reunite his war torn realms. His was a lifetime crowded with struggle and conflict in which he triumphed to preside over a society whose creative achievements in all fields are almost unparalleled in history.