Charles II - The Star King

The acclaimed Penguin Monarchs series: short, fresh, expert accounts of England''s rulers - now in paperbackbr>br>Charles II has always been one of the most instantly recognisable British kings - both in his physical appearance, disseminated through endless portraits, prints and pub signs, and in his complicated mix of lasciviousness, cynicism and luxury. His father''s execution and his own many years of exile made him a guarded, curious, unusually self-conscious ruler. He lived through some of the most striking events in the national history - from the Civil Wars to the Great Plague, from the Fire of London to the wars with the Dutch.br>br>Clare Jackson''s marvellous book takes full advantage of its irrepressible subject.>

Product details

• Authors: Clare Jackson, Jackson Clare
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 30.06.2018
• EAN: 9780141987453
• ISBN: 978-0-14-198745-3
• No. of pages: 160
• Dimensions: 111 mm x 181 mm x 9 mm
• Series: Penguin Monarchs; Penguin Monarchs
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book; European History, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical, Biography: historical, political & military, HISTORY / Modern / 17th Century, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Stuart Era (1603-1714), British & Irish history, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, Biography: historical, political and military, C 1600 To C 1700, 1660 to 1714 (Restoration and the Later Stuart period)