King Charles II
By Antonia Fraser.
Description
The story of King Charles II is one of enduring fascination. The golden childhood of the boy Prince in the Van Dyck pictures gave way to an adventurous youth in Civil War England and abroad, ending traumatically when his father was executed in 1649. Charles II, King at eighteen, succeeded to nothing but the name'. After his valiant attempt to regain the throne was defeated by Cromwell at Worcester, the King made his epic escape - to years of exile, poverty and humiliation in Europe. The miraculous' Restoration ushered in a reign coloured by a series of equally dramatic event...
ISBN(s)
0708819338, 9780708819333
