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The King who brought back partying

A Gambling Man: Charles II and the Restoration by Jenny Uglow

December 30, 2020 by TheShitWizard Leave a Comment

Charles II is an interesting figure to me, partly because he seems so much more human than the joyless Oliver Cromwell who’d preceded him having lopped Charles’ dad’s head off (also interesting to me, as despite my reading habits I’m actually anti-monarchy) but mostly influenced by the fact that before reading this, pretty much everything I knew about him was gleaned from Horrible Histories (and this song in particular – to be fair, they do a pretty decent job of covering the highlights). Thanks to […]

Filed Under: History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: english history, Jenny Uglow, monarchy, non fiction, social commentary

TheShitWizard's CBR12 Review No:46 · Genres: History, Non-Fiction · Tags: english history, Jenny Uglow, monarchy, non fiction, social commentary ·
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