When I think back, I wasn't taught much at school about Charles II. The curriculum covered the essentials such as the Restoration, the Plague, the Great Fire of London and touched briefly on his amorous nature without going into specifics but I really learned nothing about the man himself. Back in the late Seventies, Antonia Fraser wrote a much acclaimed biography of Oliver Cromwell and from her research for that book, which frequently touch upon the fortunes of the deposed Royal Family, came her biography of Charles II. It proved to be an interesting and informative read because Charles was much more than the randy monarch with a passion for Nell Gwynne and ...  Read the complete review