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Loading... The Loves of Charles II (The Wandering Prince / A Health Unto His Majesty…by Jean Plaidy
One of Plaidy's more comprehensive works -- whereas many of her novels offer only a single point of view, because Loves is actually the conflation of three other novels, each with two narrators -- for a grand total of six very different women -- the depiction she gives of Charles II is in some ways much more thorough than the treatment other historical figures have received at her hands. (  ) RogueBelle | Jul 10, 2009 |  The fourth in the Stuart series, this book contains the novels The Wandering Prince, A Health Unto His Majesty and Here Lies Our Sovereign Lord and tell the story of Charles II and his many lady loves. The first novel explores his relationships with his sister Henriette, who marries the brother of the King of France while being in love with the king, and Lucy Water, his first important mistress. The second novel explores the relationships with his wife, Catherine Braganza, and his second important mistress, Barbara Castlemaine. The final novel explores the relationships with Nell Gwyn, a stage actress, and Louise de Keroualle, a Frenchwoman and his third important mistress. A very intriguing novel. (  ) aharey | Jul 9, 2007 | This book is 735 pages and is actually three novels in one volume. The first novel is about the flight of Charles II as a boy and his family from Cromwell. His Father is later executed. It follows his childhood and his efforts at reclaiming the throne. It is also heavily focused on his youngest and favourite sister and her quest for marriage into the French royalty. The second book follows his return to England as it's king. His Royal marriage and mistress' and his illegitimate children. This is where I put the book down for a few days and never picked it back up! It wasn't exciting enough for me to keep reading I had no desire to find out what happened next. The first book was alright but the second book felt a bit like 'same old same old'. I hope other have better luck reading this than I. (  ) kiwiflowa | Jun 29, 2007 | no reviews | add a review
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