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Interview: Charles Beauclerk offers a family take in "Nell Gwyn: Mistress to a King"
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RENEE MONTAGNE
Morning Edition (NPR)
12-21-2005
Interview: Charles Beauclerk offers a family take in "Nell Gwyn: Mistress to a King"
Host: RENEE MONTAGNE
Time: 11:00 AM-12:00 Noon
RENEE MONTAGNE, host:
England's Restoration did more than simply restore a king to his throne. The return from exile of Charles II in 1660 threw off the yoke of Puritanism under Oliver Cromwell and ushered in a world where pleasure was a virtue.
Mr. CHARLES BEAUCLERK: And suddenly this man returns and you have a different society, the arts burgeon, the sciences, industry and so on. And suddenly, people think that ...
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