Download or read book The Gay King Charles II His Court and Times written by Dorothy Senior and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Gay King Charles II His Court and Times Etc With Portraits written by Francesca Dorothy Ponsonby Senior and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Gay King Charles II written by Dorothy Senior and published by . This book was released on 1909 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Gay King written by Dorothy Senior and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Gay King Charles II written by Dorothy Senior and published by . This book was released on 1909 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Gay King Charles II His Court and Times With Frontispiece and 16 Illustrations written by Francesca Dorothy Ponsonby SENIOR and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book History of King Charles II of England written by Jacob Abbott and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2019-09-25 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproduktion des Originals: History of King Charles II of England von Jacob Abbott
Download or read book The Loves of Charles II written by Jean Plaidy and published by Crown. This book was released on 2005-10-25 with total page 768 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From princesses to country girls to actresses…the loves of Charles II come to life. Ten years after Charles I was deposed and executed, his son, Charles II, regains the throne after many years in exile. Charles is determined not only to restore the monarchy but also to revive a society that has suffered under many years of Puritan rule, when everything from theater to Christmas festivals was illegal. As king, Charles II throws himself into the gaiety of court life, becoming a patron of the arts and a consummate lover of women. He first secures a strong dynastic alliance by marrying Catherine of Braganza, a shy, plain Portuguese princess who falls in love with her handsome husband and brings him great wealth, but can never give him the son he longs for. For many years, his “untitled queen” is a bold and sensual older woman—Barbara, Countess of Castlemaine—whose husband is routinely paid to look the other way. But when the politically ambitious Lady Castlemaine becomes too powerful, she is replaced by Louise de Kéroualle, a baby-faced French noblewoman who may have been sent to Charles’s court as a spy. His other great love, and Louise’s rival, is Nell Gwyn, a stage actress who rises from the streets of London to become the king’s favorite and a hero of the working class. Court intrigue and affairs of the heart weave together in this unforgettable page-turner.
Download or read book King Charles II written by Arthur Bryant and published by . This book was released on 1964 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Memoirs of the Court of Charles II written by Count de Gramont and published by University Press of the Pacific. This book was released on 2001-06-01 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These "Memoirs" of a Frenchman were written by an Englishman in the French language, their largest portion being devoted to the gay doings of English courtiers in England during the reign of Charles II. Philibert, the Chevalier de Gramont, born in 1621, was the younger son of the French duke of that name. Like most European younger sons, he had to depend chiefly upon his natural gifts for advancement. Destined for the Church, he early revolted against that and devoted himself to the careers of the army and the Court --- on brief, to a life of gallantry, in all the senses of that word. Notably handsome, of high birth, brilliantly witty, gay under all circumstances, fertile in story, sport or genial talk, keen and merrily unscrupulous in gaming, attractive to and attracted by women of high and low degree, and indomitably courageous, his early army service under the great Generals Conde and Truenne opened to him a career of adventure. He was admired as a soldier, prized as a comrade, popular everywhere; so that when he returned from camp to Court he was an instant favorite. From King Louis XIV, down to the lackeys, every one sought to please him and forward his fortunes. These dazzling successes seem to have turned his head somewhat, since he was venturesome enough to make love to one of the kings own favorites, and early in 1662 was banished
Download or read book History of King Charles the Second of England written by Jacob Abbott and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2019-11-29 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a detailed account of the life and reign of King Charles II, son and successor of King Charles I. In this book, the author's main objective is to present historical truth without any embellishment or deviation from the strict truth, based on the best sources of information available. The book covers important events in King Charles II's life, such as his mother's flight, his escape, negotiations with Anne Maria, the restoration, and his marriage. The book concludes with an assessment of his character and reign. It also provides insight into the history of England and its monarchs.
Download or read book History of King Charles II of England written by Jacob Abbott and published by IndyPublish.com. This book was released on 2008-08-01 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Our Prince Charles now becomes, by the death of his father, King Charles the Second, both of England and of Scotland. That is, he becomes so in theory, according to the principles of the English Constitution, though, in fact, he is a fugitive and an exile still. Notwithstanding his exclusion, however, from the exercise of what he considered his right to reign, he was acknowledged as king by all true Royalists in England, and by all the continental powers. They would not aid him to recover his throne, but in the courts and royal palaces which he visited he was regarded as a king, and was treated, in form at least, with all the consideration and honor which belonged to royalty.
Download or read book King Charles II written by Sir Arthur Bryant and published by . This book was released on 1960 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Charles II Penguin Monarchs written by Clare Jackson and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2016-03-31 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Charles II has always been one of the most instantly recognisable British kings - both in his physical appearance, disseminated through endless portraits, prints and pub signs, and in his complicated mix of lasciviousness, cynicism and luxury. His father's execution and his own many years of exile made him a guarded, curious, unusually self-conscious ruler. He lived through some of the most striking events in the national history - from the Civil Wars to the Great Plague, from the Fire of London to the wars with the Dutch. Clare Jackson's marvellous book takes full advantage of its irrepressible subject.
Download or read book Scandalous Liaisons written by R. E. Pritchard and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tells the story of the most hedonistic, loose-living court in English history
Download or read book History of King Charles the Second of England written by Jacob Abbott and published by . This book was released on 1849 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The History of King Charles II of England written by Jacob Abbott and published by . This book was released on 2023-07 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
