Royal Survivor: The Life of Charles II.(Book Review)

From: The Historian | Date: March 22, 2003| Author: Sommerville, Johann P. | Copyright information

Royal Survivor: The Life of Charles II. By Stephen Coote. (New York: St. Martin's Press, 2000. Pp. xiv, 396. $27.95.)

The "merry monarch," Charles II, is one of Britain's best-known kings, famous for his mistresses, his dogs and racehorses, and his narrow and exciting escape from the Battle of Worcester. He hid in an oak tree while enemy soldiers searched for him, which is why so many English pubs are called the Royal Oak. The Battle of Worcester ended nearly a decade of...

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