Order from a Major Online Bookstore
Ultimate Book Price Comparison Engine
Save Your Time And Money
| AnyBook4Less.com | Order from a Major Online Bookstore |
|
| Home | Store List | FAQ | Contact Us | | ||
| Ultimate Book Price Comparison Engine Save Your Time And Money |
||
 |
Title: Phoenix: The Image of the King: Charles I and Charles II by Richard Ollard ISBN: 1-84212-079-4 Publisher: Phoenix Press, London WC2 Pub. Date: June, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (2 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Not Surprisingly, This Book Is About Image and Personality!
Comment: While I agree with the previous reviewer that this book is not an historical chronicle of the reigns of Charles I and Charles II, it does not purport to be. What it does provide is superb insight into the personalities of these two fascinating monarchs, their public images and private personae. One can get excellent chronicles of the reign elsewhere. Here, one encounters vivid exposition and analysis of the thoughts, motives and manners of the kings, and how these were affected by the conscious cultivation of image. Ollard is, as always,elegant and eloquent.
Rating: 3
Summary: Image is everything
Comment: Skip this book if you're looking for details into the reigns of these monarchs or specific instances of foreign policy, etc. This book mostly discusses the image of the kings, as the title suggests. There is little mention of Charles I's attempt to rule without his Parliment, but instead concentrates on his exquisit art collections, his vanity and his self-image. There is more written about Charles II and how his exile shaped his personality and made him so markedly different from his father. The book itself is small and is a fast read. It is a great character sketch on these two Kings.
 |
Title: The Last Days of Charles I by Graham Edwards, Ivan Roots ISBN: 0750926791 Publisher: Sutton Publishing Pub. Date: April, 2001 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
 |
Title: Henrietta Maria by Alison Plowden ISBN: 0750918829 Publisher: Sutton Publishing Pub. Date: 01 May, 2001 List Price(USD): $27.95 |
 |
Title: King Charles I by Pauline Gregg ISBN: 1842121995 Publisher: Phoenix Press, London WC2 Pub. Date: June, 2001 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
 |
Title: Cromwell by Antonia Fraser ISBN: 0802137660 Publisher: Grove Press Pub. Date: 30 March, 2001 List Price(USD): $17.50 |
 |
Title: The Rose Without a Thorn (The Wives of Henry VIII) by Jean Plaidy ISBN: 0609810170 Publisher: Three Rivers Press Pub. Date: 24 June, 2003 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
Thank you for visiting www.AnyBook4Less.com and enjoy your savings!
Copyright� 2001-2021 Send your comments
