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Title: Royal Charles by Antonia Fraser ISBN: 0-385-28788-7 Publisher: Bantam Doubleday Dell Pub (P) Pub. Date: 01 November, 1980 Format: Paperback List Price(USD): $8.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (3 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: One of Lady Antonia Fraser's best historical biographies
Comment: This is possibly one of Fraser's best historical biographies. Charles II, king of the glorious Restoration Period in English history, was a figure of legendary proportions, daring, physically commanding, surviving times of great danger after Cromwell's rule, living in tumultuous times of great scientific discovery, literature and some not-very successful wars against the Dutch.
The backdrop of Restoration society is fascinating, bawdy yet considering Shakespeare's plays too crude, wildly sexual, a time of tremendous change in England after the demise of the Tudors. It was a golden age of art and literature and the King was a dramatic figure, enjoying the embraces of comedian Nell Gwynn as well as a number of other famous mistresses, researching in his own laboratory, hunting, racing and swimming. His death at 55 seems a young age, but for those times, he survived to a respectable age and unlike many other kings, died in his bed. If you are interested in Restoration period literature, this is a fun read to set the backdrop for that interesting and fruitful period of European history.
Rating: 5
Summary: Charles The Debonaire
Comment: King Charles II, never short of female admirers during his lifetime, certainly has found another fan in Antonia Fraser. The man who fathered fourteen illegitimate children, yet failed to sire an heir to his throne, was tall, charming, and in his own strange way, handsome - although, as Fraser tells us, his olive complexion and Medici looks were not considered to be conventionally good looking. Despite contemporary denials, he was also a convinced Catholic - even though he only formally confessed on his deathbed. Fraser takes us through the many wild turns of Charles' life - early years as the established heir apparent in the court of Charles I, teen years as a minor player in the English Civil War, hero of the siege of Worcester, months as fugitive from the Cromwellians following his father's beheading (and Britain's most wanted man), early adulthood in exile in France and Flanders, glorious Restoration in 1660 and subsequently King of a mini-golden era. While this is by no means an uncritical biography, Fraser argues persuasively that Charles was the master politician of his generation, and she seduces us into cheering on Charles' various attempts, late in his reign, to govern without Parliament. Fraser doesn't assume prior knowledge of English history, so is a great starting point for a first-time encounter with the English Restoration period, yet Fraser's erudition provides enough satisfaction too for seasoned history lovers.
Rating: 5
Summary: A Royal Treat!
Comment: Royal Charles is a delight to read and Fraser makes reading history enjoyable.
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Title: The weaker vessel : woman's lot in seventeenth-century England by Antonia Fraser ISBN: 0297783815 Publisher: Weidenfeld and Nicolson Pub. Date: 1984 |
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Title: King Charles II by Antonia Fraser ISBN: 0708819338 Publisher: Futura Publishing Co Inc |
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Title: The Lives of the Kings and Queens of England by Antonia Fraser ISBN: 0520224604 Publisher: University of California Press Pub. Date: 01 February, 2000 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: Richard the Third by Paul Murray Kendall ISBN: 0393007855 Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company Pub. Date: 01 September, 1975 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Cromwell by Antonia Fraser ISBN: 0802137660 Publisher: Grove Press Pub. Date: 30 March, 2001 List Price(USD): $17.50 |
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