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FROM THE CELEBRATED AUTHOR OF "THE LUNAR MEN"--A THRILLING PORTRAIT OF CHARLES II AND THE STUART RESTORATION
From the acclaimed biographer Jenny Uglow, a look at Charles II and the first decade of the Restoration: a time of glamour and gossip, charade and risk.
Charles II was thirty when he crossed the English Channel in 1660. Though his Restoration was greeted with maypoles and bonfires, there was no going back; no way that he could "restore" ... more

     

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      New: New The Restoration was a decade of experimentation: from the founding of the Royal Society for investigating the sciences to the startling role of credit and risk; from the shocking licentiousness of the court to failed attempts at religious tolerance. Negotiating all these, Charles II, the "slippery sovereign, " laid odds and took chances, dissembling and manipulating his followers. The theaters may have been restored, but the king himself was the supreme actor. Yet while his grandeur, his court, and his colorful sex life were on display, his true intentions lay hidden. Charles II was thirty when he crossed the English Channel in fine May weather in 1660. His Restoration was greeted with maypoles and bonfires, as spring after the long years of Cromwell's rule. But there was no way to turn back, no way he could "restore" the old dispensation. Certainty had vanished. The divinity of kingship had ended with his father's beheading. "Honor" was now a word tossed around in duels. "Providence" could no longer be trusted. As the country was rocked by plague, fire, and war, people searched for new ideas by which to live. And exactly ten years after he arrived, Charles would again stand on the shore at Dover, this time placing the greatest bet of his life in a secret deal with his cousin, Louis XIV of France.
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      About the Book

      FROM THE CELEBRATED AUTHOR OF "THE LUNAR MEN"--A THRILLING PORTRAIT OF CHARLES II AND THE STUART RESTORATION
      From the acclaimed biographer Jenny Uglow, a look at Charles II and the first decade of the Restoration: a time of glamour and gossip, charade and risk.
      Charles II was thirty when he crossed the English Channel in 1660. Though his Restoration was greeted with maypoles and bonfires, there was no going back; no way that he could "restore" the old. As the country was rocked by plague, fire, and war, people searched for new ideas by which to live. Exactly ten years later, Charles would stand again on the shore at Dover, laying the greatest bet of his life in a secret deal with his cousin Louis XIV.
      The Restoration decade was one of experiment: from the science of the Royal Society to the startling role of credit and risk, from the shocking license of the court to the failed attempts at toleration of different beliefs. Negotiating all these, Charles, the "slippery sovereign," laid odds and took chances, dissembling and manipulating his followers. Yet while his grandeur, his court, and his colorful sex life were on display, his true intentions lay hidden.
      "A Gambling Man "is a portrait of Charles II, exploring his elusive nature through the lens of these ten vital years--and a portrait of a vibrant, violent, pulsing world, in which the risks the king took forged the fate of the nation, on the brink of modernity.

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      • Media: Hardcover Book, 580 pages
      • Language: English
      • Publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux (Nov. 30th, 2009)
      • ISBN-10: 0374281378
      • ISBN-13: 9780374281373
      • Dimensions: 6.56 x 9.32 x 1.41 inches
      • Shipping Weight: 1.88 lbs
      • Categories: General Historical Fiction Biographies & General Historical Fiction Autobiographies General British History

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