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Charles the Second, King of England, Scotland, and Ireland /

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A biography of the king who is remembered by the English with more popular affection than any almost any other. Covering his entire life, it takes in his colourful years as a prince and as an exiled monarch during the Civil War and Interregnum, in addition to his later career as effective ruler of t...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hutton, Ronald
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Oxford [England] : New York : Clarendon Press ; Oxford University Press, 1989.
Subjects:
Charles > II, > King of England, > 1630-1685.
Karl (England, König, II.)
Great Britain > Kings and rulers > Biography.
Great Britain > History > Charles II, 1660-1685.
Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 1660-1685 (Charles II)
Kings and rulers.
Great Britain.
1660-1685
England > Charles II, King of England
Electronic books.
History
Biographies.
Biographie.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Boyhood
  • The exiled Prince of Wales
  • A king in search of a realm, 1649-1650
  • The king of Scots, 1650-1651
  • A king in search of quarters, 1651-1656
  • The pensioner of Spain, 1656-1660
  • The year of restoration, 1660-1661
  • The fight for the settlements, 1661-1664
  • Charles's first Dutch war, 1664-1667
  • The ministry of Arlington, 1668-1672
  • Charles's second Dutch war, 1672-1674
  • The end of King Louis's war, 1674-1678
  • Collapse of a system, 1678-1679
  • The quest for men and measures, 1679-1681
  • Towards a new way of ruling, 1681-1685
  • Conclusion: monarch in a masquerade.