Beschreibung
Produktdetails
Einband
Taschenbuch
Erscheinungsdatum
25.04.2019
Verlag
Alpha EditionsSeitenzahl
414
Maße (L/B/H)
21,6/14/2,4 cm
Gewicht
581 g
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN
978-93-5360-904-7
Between civil war and Restoration, one name moved quietly at the centre of events: Monck. England held its breath then. In Christopher Monck, Duke of Albemarle, Estelle Frances Ward delivers a public domain biography that reads with the pace of lived history, tracing a young nobleman shaped by the Monck family history and the heavy legacy of his father, the great general of seventeenth century England. Ward follows Albemarle through the shifting loyalties of stuart era britain, where stuart court politics and restoration court intrigue could raise a man overnight and ruin him just as fast. From the expectations of british aristocracy biography to the realities of service, the narrative moves from London to the Caribbean, illuminating his jamaica colonial governorship and the wider reach of the charles ii monarchy. Part character study, part political chronicle, this classic historical biography offers a clear-eyed view of status, patronage, and risk at the edge of empire. It stands as a valuable british history reference book for early modern history students, while remaining vivid and accessible for anyone drawn to Restoration personalities, maritime ambition, and the aftershocks of revolution. Out of print for decades and now republished by Alpha Editions. Restored for today's and future generations. More than a reprint -- a collector's item and a cultural treasure. For collectors, its measured prose and period detail reward rereading often. Add it to a shelf of enduring biographies, or open it for an absorbing return to court, colony, and the making of modern Britain.
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