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Free (Kindle) Charles II: Biography of an Infamous King [17th C England History]
Charles II: Biography of an Infamous King by British author John Miller (faculty profile), an emeritus professor at the University of London, is his historical life and times biography of the eponymous 17th century King of England (Wikipedia), apparently reexamining preconceptions of his character and reign and using archival research to portray a less conventional reading of the Stuart monarch both in the context of his own era as well as his enduring legacy, free for a limited time courtesy of publisher Endeavour Press.
This was originally published in 1991 by Weidenfeld & Nicolson. Currently free @ Amazon (available to Canadians & in the UK and pretty much everywhere else Amazon sells worldwide, since this is being done via their KDP Select exclusive-or-else program) Description The many sides to Charles II’s character have fascinated a succession of biographers. He has been seen as a shrewd and resourceful politician whose great indolence and frivolity were only a façade. However, in this biography, based on extensive research in archives in Britain, France and the United States, John Miller unravels the age in which Charles lived and reveals the large gap between his (and others’) perceptions and political reality. He suggests that, while Charles was astute and intelligent, his impatience of administrative detail, and a certain weakness of character, made it possible for others to manipulate and bully him. He found it difficult to make a decision and stick to it, so that for much of his reign he vacillated uncertainly between policy options. His experience of the civil wars also left him unwilling to trust his subjects and led him into policies which destroyed the fund of good will so evident in his people in 1660. John Miller shows, however, that with events moving to a crisis, Charles found the resolution which he had hitherto lacked, and in his last years he defeated his enemies and left the Stuart monarchy more powerful than ever before or after. Last edited by ATDrake; 01-04-2018 at 05:50 AM. |
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