The King's Bed: Ambition and Intimacy in the Court of Charles II

by Don Jordan, Michael Walsh, Michael Walsh, et al.

Book Overview

To refer to the private life of Charles II is to abuse the adjective. His personal life was anything but private. His amorous liaisons were largely conducted in royal palaces surrounded by friends, courtiers and literally hundreds of servants and soldiers. Gossip radiated throughout the kingdom.

Charles spent most of his wealth and his intellect on gaining and keeping the company of women, from the lowest sections of society such as the actress...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 160598969X
• ISBN13: 9781605989693
• Release Date: March 2016
• Publisher: Pegasus Books
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.4" x 9.1"