{"product_id":"private-life-of-charles-ii","title":"Private Life of Charles II","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhat manner of man was Charles II? Saturnine, masculine, and irresistibly attractive, his true character as a penniless refugee, as an hysterically acclaimed King ans as the Merry Monarch has been hidden underneath a cloud of puritanical prejudice.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBarbara Cartland approaches Charles II from a psychological angle; revealing a lonely and unloved boy, an idealistic lover, a bored seeker of excitement, and a brilliant statesman.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCharles's private life was women who seduced and enticed him and yet all managed to disillusion him. Cartland portrays these women as real people: the neurotic and neglectful mother Henrietta Maria; Mistress Wyndham (Charles's first infatuation), Marquerite de Carteret (adolescent love), Minette (his adored sister), Lucy Walter, Barbara Villiers, Moll Davies, Nell Gwynne, Frances Stewart, Louise de Kerouaille, and Hortense Mancini. And always in the background is the sad-faced Queen Catherine.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"sb-details\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/barbara-cartland-books\"\u003eBarbara Cartland\u003c\/a\u003e (all their books in stock)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGenre:\u003c\/strong\u003e Biography \u0026amp; memoir, Royalty\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1974\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 200\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Corgi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9780552095365\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Corgi","offers":[{"title":"Poor Condition — £209.95","offer_id":47912081752241,"sku":"SB-0552095362-C4","price":209.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/2669\/5345\/files\/0552095362.jpg?v=1789291613","url":"https:\/\/sellbooks.co.uk\/products\/private-life-of-charles-ii","provider":"Sell Books .co.uk","version":"1.0","type":"link"}