A gambling man : Charles II's Restoration game /: Charles II's Restoration game. (2009)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Jenny Uglow.
• Other Names: Uglow, Jennifer S
• Contents: The Republic trumped. The deal = La donne. Sailing ; Landing -- Clubs = Trefles. How to be king ; Three crowns and more ; This wonderful pacifick year ; Family matters ; Blood and banners ; Whitehall ; Courtiers and envoys ; The coming of the queen ; Land -- Diamonds = Carreaux. Tender consciences ; All people discontented ; The King Street gang ; "Governed as beasts" ; The spring of the air ; the Royal Society ; Card houses ; Beauties ; Performance -- Hearts = Coeurs. Money-men and merchants ; One must down ; The itch of honour ; Lord have mercy upon us ; Fortunes of war ; The long hot summer ; Conflagration ; Blame ; The trick track men -- Spades = Piques. Breathing spaces ; The Dutch in the Medway ; The blows fall on Clarendon ; The Triple alliance -- Buckingham's year ; Loving too well ; Sweet ladies ; Troublesome men ; Charles and Louis -- The clearance = La fin. Dover and beyond ; Sailing.
• Publisher Details: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
• Publication Date: 2009
• Extent: 1 online resource (xi, 580 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates), illustrations, maps, portraits
• Subjects: 941.06/6092; HISTORY / Modern / General; HISTORY -- Europe -- Great Britain; Kings and rulers; HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain; British & Irish History; Modern History To 20th Century: C 1700 To C 1900; Great Britain -- History -- Charles II, 1660-1685; Great Britain -- History -- Restoration, 1660-1688; Great Britain -- Kings and rulers -- Biography; Great Britain; Electronic books; History; Biography
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781429964227; 1429964227; 9780571255535; 0571255531
• Related ISBNs: 9780374281373; 0374281378
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 527-556) and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.