King Charles II - Couverture rigide

Fraser, Antonia

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0297775715 ISBN 13 : 9780297775713

Editeur : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1989

Synopsis

Physical description; xv, 524p, [32]p of plates : ill, facsims, geneal tables, 2 maps, ports ; 24cm. Notes; Map on lining papers. Bibliography: p.486-499. - Includes index. Subject; Charles II, King of England 1630-1685.

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur :

Antonia Fraser is the author of many widely acclaimed historical works, including the biographies MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS (a 40th anniversary edition was published in May 2009), CROMWELL: OUR CHIEF OF MEN, KING CHARLES II and THE GUNPOWDER PLOT (CWA Non-Fiction Gold Dagger; St Louis Literary Award). She has written five highly praised books which focus on women in history, THE WEAKER VESSEL: WOMEN'S LOT IN SEVENTEENTH CENTURY ENGLAND (Wolfson Award for History, 1984), THE WARRIOR QUEENS: BOADICEA'S CHARIOT, THE SIX WIVES OF HENRY VIII, MARIE ANTOINETTE: THE JOURNEY (Franco-British Literary Prize 2001), which was made into a film by Sofia Coppola in 2006 and most recently LOVE AND LOUIS XIV: THE WOMEN IN THE LIFE OF THE SUN KING. She was awarded the Norton Medlicott Medal by the Historical Association in 2000. Antonia Fraser was made DBE in 2011 for her services to literature. Her most recent book is MUST YOU GO?, celebrating her life with Harold Pinter, who died on Christmas Eve 2008. She lives in London.

Visit Antonia Fraser's website at www.antoniafraser.com

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Following a youth of poverty and bitter exile after his father's execution, the ousted king first challenged, then made his magnificent escape from, Cromwell's troops before he was eventually restored to his throne in triumph in 1660.

Spanning his life both before and after the Restoration, Antonia Fraser's lively and fascinating biography captures all the vitality of the man and the expansiveness of the age.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
• Date d'édition: 1989
• ISBN 10: 0297775715
• ISBN 13: 9780297775713
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 540