A Gambling Man: Charles II's Restoration Game
By Jenny Uglow
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The Restoration was a decade of experimentation: from the founding of the Royal Society for investigating the sciences to the startling role of credit and risk; from the shocking licentiousness of the court to failed attempts at religious tolerance. Negotiating all these, Charles II, the "slippery sovereign," laid odds and took chances, dissembling and manipulating his followers. The theaters may have been restored, but the king himself was the supreme actor. Yet while his grandeur, his court…
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BiographyAwardsHistoryNonfictionHistorical BiographyEuropean HistoryHistorical Biography - BritainBritish History - General & MiscellaneousBritain - Historical Biography - 17th CenturyBritain - Historical Biography - Rulers & Royal Families17th Century British History - Stuart Restoration, 1660-17142010 Lukas Prizes Finalists2010 Samuel Johnson Prize ShortlistMark Lynton History Prize->All FinalistsAll Finalists - Lukas PrizesLukas Prize Project AwardsJournalism & Political Book AwardsAll Previous Finalists - Baillie Gifford PrizeBaillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction (formerly the Samuel Johnson Prize)British Literary AwardsMark Lynton History Prize



