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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 three kingdoms.… (más)
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FOR NATALIE GREENLY a descendant of Charles by Lucy Walter and PETER GREENHOUSE who reproduces all of this king's virtues with none of his vices
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Información procedente del conocimiento común inglés.Edita para encontrar en tu idioma.
Preface I decided to write this book because, in the course of working upon its predecessor, I became intrigued by the personality of Charles II.
In seeking to trace the development of a person who lived three hundred years ago, the historian has a fundamental handicap: the seventeenth century lacked the interest of the present age in child psychology, and generally failed to record those incidents which this discipline regards as important.
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 three kingdoms.