Description
| Product ID: | 9780571217342 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | A Gambling Man |
| Subtitle: | Charles II and the Restoration |
| Authors: | Author: Jenny Uglow |
| Page Count: | 608 |
| Subjects: | Biography: royalty, Biography: royalty, European history, History, British & Irish history, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900 |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Charles II was thirty when he crossed the Channel in fine May weather in 1660. His Restoration was greeted with maypoles and bonfires, like spring after long years of Cromwell's rule. This title is a portrait of Charles II, exploring his elusive nature through the lens of these ten vital years. Charles II was thirty when he crossed the Channel in fine May weather in 1660. His Restoration was greeted with maypoles and bonfires, like spring after long years of Cromwell''s rule. But there was no going back, no way he could ''restore'' the old. Certainty had vanished. The divinity of kingship fled with his father''s beheading. ''Honour'' was now a word tossed around in duels. ''Providence'' could no longer be trusted. As the country was rocked by plague, fire and war, people searched for new ideas by which to live. Exactly ten years later Charles II would stand again on the shore at Dover, laying the greatest bet of his life in a secret deal with his cousin, Louis XIV. |
| Imprint Name: | Faber & Faber |
| Publisher Name: | Faber & Faber |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2010-05-01 |