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Author | : Antonia Fraser |
Publisher | : Hachette UK |
Total Pages | : 544 |
Release | : 2011-06-16 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 1780220685 |
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 | : George Savile Marquis of Halifax |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 308 |
Release | : 1750 |
Genre | : Great Britain |
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Author | : George Savile Halifax |
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Total Pages | : 208 |
Release | : 1750 |
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Author | : Charles Spencer |
Publisher | : HarperCollins UK |
Total Pages | : 317 |
Release | : 2017-10-05 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0008153655 |
How did the most wanted man in the country outwit the greatest manhunt in British history?
Author | : Sir Anthony Weldon |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 78 |
Release | : 1650 |
Genre | : England |
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Author | : Sally Bedell Smith |
Publisher | : Random House |
Total Pages | : 657 |
Release | : 2017-04-04 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 0812988434 |
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A “masterly account” (The Wall Street Journal) of the life and loves of King Charles III, Britain’s first king since 1952, shedding light on the death of Diana, his marriage to Camilla, and his preparations to take the throne Sally Bedell Smith returns once again to the British royal family to give us a new look at the man who was the oldest heir to the throne in more than three hundred years. This vivid, eye-opening biography—the product of four years of research and hundreds of interviews with palace officials, former girlfriends, spiritual gurus, and more, some speaking on the record for the first time—is the first authoritative treatment of Charles’s life. Prince Charles brings to life the real man, with all of his ambitions, insecurities, and convictions. It begins with his lonely childhood, in which he struggled to live up to his father’s expectations and sought companionship from the Queen Mother and his great-uncle Lord Mountbatten. It follows him through difficult years at school, his early love affairs, his intellectual quests, his entrepreneurial pursuits, and his intense search for spiritual meaning. It tells of the tragedy of his marriage to Diana; his eventual reunion with his true love, Camilla; and his relationships with William, Kate, Harry, and his grandchildren. Ranging from his glamorous palaces to his country homes, from his globe-trotting travels to his local initiatives, Smith shows how Prince Charles possesses a fiercely independent spirit and yet spent more than six decades waiting for his destined role, living a life dictated by protocols he often struggles to obey. With keen insight and the discovery of unexpected new details, Smith lays bare the contradictions of a man who is more complicated, tragic, and compelling than we knew, until now.
Author | : Charles I (King of England) |
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Total Pages | : 72 |
Release | : 1737 |
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Author | : Don Jordan |
Publisher | : Hachette UK |
Total Pages | : 309 |
Release | : 2015-01-08 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1405528893 |
To refer to the private life of Charles II is to abuse the adjective. His personal life was anything but private. His amorous liaisons were largely conducted in royal palaces surrounded by friends, courtiers and literally hundreds of servants and soldiers. Gossip radiated throughout the kingdom. Charles spent most of his wealth and his intellect on gaining and keeping the company of women, from the lowest sections of society such as the actress Nell Gwyn to the aristocratic Louise de Kérouaille. Some of Charles' women played their part in the affairs of state, colouring the way the nation was run. Don Jordan and Michael Walsh take us inside Charles' palace, where we will meet court favourites, amusing confidants, advisors jockeying for political power, mistresses past and present as well as key figures in his inner circle such as his 'pimpmasters' and his personal pox doctor. The astonishing private life of Charles II reveals much about the man he was and why he lived and ruled as he did. The King's Bed tells the compelling story of a king ruled by his passion.
Author | : Michael Walsh |
Publisher | : Little, Brown Book Group |
Total Pages | : 358 |
Release | : 2012-08-28 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0748126546 |
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 | : Mike Bartlett |
Publisher | : Dramatists Play Service, Inc. |
Total Pages | : 107 |
Release | : 2016-05-16 |
Genre | : Drama |
ISBN | : 0822232383 |
THE STORY: The Queen is dead: After a lifetime of waiting, the prince ascends the throne. A future of power. But how to rule? Mike Bartlett’s controversial play explores the people beneath the crowns, the unwritten rules of our democracy, and the conscience of Britain’s most famous family.