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Charles II: The Last Rally

By Hilaire Belloc

Book information

Year
2003
ISBN
0971828644, 9780971828643, 9781932528343
LCC
DA445 .B38 2003
Open Library ID
OL24254381M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (1669065 bytes)
Pages
224\228
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

In The Last Rally, Belloc narrates with clarity and vigor a central episode in the decline of the English Monarchy. Restored to the throne following the interlude of Cromwell's "Commonwealth," Charles II devoted his life as King of England to maintaining the integrity of the throne against all the forces arrayed against it: the power of the great landowners who worked through the Parliament; the influence of the Lawyers' Guild; and the irresistible mercantile and financial strength of the city of London. The story that Belloc brings to life is thus one of survival: the story of a ship of state brought "through peril and storm under a great captain." It is also the story of manhood and determination in the face of overwhelming odds; as such it is a story that Hilaire Belloc was eminently qualified to write.

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