A Gambling Man: Charles II's Restoration Game by Jenny Uglow
A Gambling Man: Charles II's Restoration Game

Jenny Uglow

A Gambling Man: Charles II's Restoration Game

Jenny Uglow

592 pages first pub 2009 (editions)

nonfiction biography history informative slow-paced
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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 toleranc...

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