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Charles II was thirty when he crossed the Channel in fine May weather in 1660. His Restoration was greeted with maypoles and bonfires, like spring after long years of Cromwell's rule. But there was going back, way he could 'restore' the old. Certainty had vanished. The divinity of kingship fled with his father's beheading. 'Hour' was w a word tossed around in duels. 'Providence' could longer be trusted. 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 licence of the court to the failed attempts at toleration of different beliefs. Negotiating all these, Charles, the 'slippery sovereign', layed odds. Yet while his grandeur, his court and his colourful 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 the modern world.

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Publisher
Faber & Faber
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Faber & Faber
GTIN
9780571217335
ISBN-10
0571217338
ISBN-13
9780571217335
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Product Key Features

Author
Jenny Uglow
Format
Hardback
Language
English
Topic
Biography: Royalty
Publication Year
2009
Type
Biography
Genre
Biography: Royalty

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1085g
Depth
48 mm
Height
240mm
Width
165mm

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Place of Publication
London
Spine
48mm
Content Note
Illustrations, Maps, Ports.
Region
World
Prizes
Shortlisted for Bbc Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction 2010.
Author Biography
Jenny Uglow grew up in Cumbria and now works in publishing. Her books include prize-winning biographies of Elizabeth Gaskell and William Hogarth. The Lunar Men, published in 2002, was described by Richard Holmes as 'an extraordinarily gripping account', while Nature's Engraver: A Life of Thomas Bewick, won the National Arts Writers Award for 2007 and A Gambling Man: Charles II and the Restoration was shortlisted for the 2010 Samuel Johnson Prize. Her most recent book In These Times, a comprehensive history of the home front during the Napoleonic Wars, was described as 'a remarkable book written by an award-winning historian at the peak of her powers'. She lives in Canterbury.
Recommended Age Range
0-12 months
Date of Publication
01/10/2009
Dimensions
240x165x48mm
Series
0571217338
Country of Publication
United Kingdom

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