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A Gambling Man: Charles II's Restoration Game
A Gambling Man Charles II's Restoration Game
Author: Jenny Uglow
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, dissembl...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780374281373
ISBN-10: 0374281378
Publication Date: 11/24/2009
Pages: 592
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Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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