Royal Charles

The acclaimed biographer details the life, reign, and impact of King Charles II of England, revealing him to have been farserious, sensible, and competent than has been thought. Free Read [ Royal Charles ] author [ Antonia Fraser ] For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr King Charles II may be the most high and low monarch in England s history Meaning, he suffered terribly with the beheading of his father, Civil War, exile, and the Great Fire On the upside, he was restored and enjoyed courtly pleasures and mistresses Antonia Fraser illuminates this Merry Monarch in, Royal Charles Charles II and the Restoration.In traditional Fraser style, Royal Charles begins on a slow note in respect to the text featuring the surrounding atmosphere of Charles s yout King Charles II may be the most high and low monarch in England s history Meaning, he suffered terribly with the beheading of his father, Civil War, exile, and the Great Fire On the upside, he was restored and enjoyed courtly pleasures and mistresses Antonia Fraser illuminates this Merry Monarch in, Royal Charles Charles II and the Restoration.In traditional Fraser style, Royal Charles begins on a slow note in respect to the text featuring the surrounding atmosphere of Charles s youth and hi s father Charles I versus a direct look at the future King Many readers may even be enticed to skim these chapters until Part II p 81 if wanting to focus on Charlesin depth At this point, Charles comes to life and is muchin the foreground.Fraser is the Queen of Detail which is both a positive and a hindrance The research is impeccable and astonishing when taken into consideration that Royal Charles was written before the ea...A very readable biography of a fascinating king, and a decent introduction to the politics and religious issues of the Restoration period.The mini series Charles II The Power and the Passion heavily edited and renamed The Last King in the...It is a literary accomplishment to write a detailed and well researched biography so that it reads like a rollicking piece of great fiction Antonia Fraser s, King Charles II is, like her other fabulous historical non fiction works, such a book In this wonderful and erudite tome, she tells the tale of a monarch who, aga...I have to admit that when I started this book I had no particular attraction to Charles II I ve always been wayinterested in England s Queens, because I think they had a lotto prove and so were generally bigger characters But I had been reading Antonia Fraser s diaries about her life with Harold Pinter and had come to pretty much worship the ground she walks on So when I saw this, her first big historical biography, in a second hand bookshop in Northumberland I was visiting with I have to admit that when I started this book I had no particular attraction to Charles II I ve always been wayinterested in England s Queens, because I think they had a lotto prove and so were generally bigger characters But I had been reading Antonia F...A jolly good read At a time when England was discovering tea, science, government and banking, Charles II lead a life out of a fairy tale His father beheaded, his kingdom siezed, Charles was a warrior prince, a pauper in exile after a daring escape from England and finally, unexpectedly returned to his throne to open the golden age of The Restoration Aextraordinary life cannot be imagined a wise ruler, a loving ...This is a very readable account of King Charles II The ins and outs of British Royalty and politics can be hard to follow but the book lays it out pretty well King Charles is a very interesting historical personage If you want to understand E...Wow Wow Wow What a good book The life of Charles II, mostly his political life She definitely downplays thesensational aspects But that s okay, because presumably everyone already knows from all the other books Very well done, I m in tears here mourning Charlie s passing.Charles II fascinates me I ve read quite a bit about his various mistresses, but nothing about the king himself, so I thought this would be a good place to start It was a very good book and well researched, but it went on for about 100 pages longer than it needed to The author imparts every fact about Charles II and the people around him, which gives a lot of great history, but also bogs the book down The political machinations that dethroned his father and then restored Charles II to the th Charles II fascinates me I ve read quite a bit about his various mistresses, but nothing about the king himself, so I thought this would be a good place to start It was a very good book and well researched, but it went on for about 100 pages longer than it needed to The author imparts every fact about Charles II a...what an amazing life he led Wow this is a great read.At the start of this book Antonia Fraser quotes Queen Victoria, who once said of Charles II that for all of his moral failings, she considered him the most attractive of her predecessors From the evidence in these pages Fraser clearly agrees with that view, and frankly so do I History has remembered Charles as the Merry Monarch and his Restoration court as a riotous affair, populated with mistresses, actresses, prostitutes and rakes, charlatans, con artists, ne er do wells and illegitimate o At the start of this book Antonia Fraser quotes Queen Victoria, who once said of Charles II that for all of his moral failings, she considered him the most attractive of her predecessors From the evidence in these pages Fraser clearly agrees with that view, and frankly so do I History has remembered Charles as the Merry Monarch and his Restoration court as a riotous affair, populated with mistresses, actresses, prostitutes and rakes, charlatans, con artists, ne er do wells and illegitimate offspring All true, to be fair, in varying degrees, but to remember Charles solely in these terms is to do him a grave injustice There was fargoing on beneath the surface of his bonhomie and goodwill, as Fraser elaborates in this cogent, informat...

• English
• 04 March 2017
Antonia Fraser
• Paperback
• 524 pages
• 0440569605
• Antonia Fraser
• Royal Charles