Restored to the British throne in 1660 after years of exile, Charles II began a reign famous for dramatic events (the Plague, the Great Fire, the Dutch Wars), the flowering of science and the arts, and for notorious sexual liaisons. With a bevy of mistresses and flamboyantly addicted to high living, the Merry Monarch successfully presided over 'Merry Olde England' in an age of intrigue and religious dissent. When his tolerance extended to acknowledging his illegitimate son at court, James's life changed out of all ...
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Restored to the British throne in 1660 after years of exile, Charles II began a reign famous for dramatic events (the Plague, the Great Fire, the Dutch Wars), the flowering of science and the arts, and for notorious sexual liaisons. With a bevy of mistresses and flamboyantly addicted to high living, the Merry Monarch successfully presided over 'Merry Olde England' in an age of intrigue and religious dissent. When his tolerance extended to acknowledging his illegitimate son at court, James's life changed out of all recognition. This is the story of a remarkable man, and the spectacular upheavals and reversals of the time, told through the eyes of his illegitimate son, James, Duke of Monmouth.
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I've been gobbling up Jude Morgan's books since reading the stunning Passion: A Novel of the Romantic Poets. While this one doesn't quite live up to Passion, it was a very enjoyable read. It is the life story of James, Duke of Monmouth, bastard son of Charles II. When the queen fails to produce an heir, Charles retrieves his son, whose mother has been reduced to making a living as a whore, and gradually brings him into the realm of the court. As time goes by, intriguers at the court wrangle to get the king to name James as his heir, rather than the humorless, Catholic-leaning Duke of York, the king's younger brother. Morgan creates the world of the seventeenth-century court in realistic, carefully researched detail, and he creates a believable character in Monmouth--one that is worthy of empathy and, at times, contempt.
