 | Royal Survivor: The Life of Charles II by Stephen Coote
Buy used from: $0.01 The VIP of the year in 1660 (begining of the Restoration!) He may not have been England's greatest king, but he's certainly one of the most loved!
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 | Cromwell by Antonia Fraser
Buy new: $13.60 / Used from: $7.00 This creep was the whole reason there ever had to be a Restoration!
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 | Dynasty: The Stuarts: 1560-1807 by John Macleod
Buy used from: $0.31 A look at the entire Stuart clan, before, during and after the Restoration!
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 | Henrietta Maria by Alison Plowden
Buy used from: $31.09 Mother to Charles II, she was a huge influence in his life (the catholic leanings!) Granted, she lived most of her life before the Restoration, but she's still important to know about!
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 | The Restored monarchy, 1660-1688
Buy used from: $12.38 Charles is back where he should be............now what?????
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 | The Making of King James II by John Callow
Buy used from: $24.95 Still the younger brother to the King at the time. But James had a big influence on the Restoration period (including his scandalous marriage to Anne Hyde!)
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 | The Diary of Samuel Pepys (Modern Library) by Samuel Pepys
Buy new: $16.50 / Used from: $13.17 Kept one of the most accurate accounts of day to day life during the Restoration!
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 | Restoration London: Engaging Anecdotes and Tantalizing Trivia from the Most Magnificent and Renowned City of Europe by Liza Picard
Buy new: $11.90 / Used from: $4.04 Great for anyone who wants one book with an overall view of daily life at this time
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 | The Literary and Cultural Spaces of Restoration London by Cynthia Wall
Buy new: $87.60 / Used from: $70.07 Get to know what Restoration London really looked like, through maps and drawings from before and after the Great Fire of 1666!
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| The royal whore: Barbara Villiers, Countess of Castlemaine by Allen Andrews
Buy used from: $40.49 Charles's longest running mistress. She gave him six children, and many years of pleasure and torment! Fascinating woman!
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| George Villiers, Second Duke of Buckingham, 1628-1687;: A study in the history of the restoration by Winifred Anne Henrietta Christina (Herbert) Gardner Burghclere
Buy used from: $11.11 One of the most influencial (and often underhanded and cruel) men at Charles's court. He was also the cousin of Barbara (Villiers) Palmer!
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 | Nell Gwyn by Derek Parker
Buy used from: $1.18 Not the longest or more influencial of Charles's mistress, but certainly the most loved and remembered!
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| Charles II's French Mistress: Louise De Keroualle by Bryan Bevan
Buy used from: $5.82 She came to England as a maid of honor to his sister, the Duchess of Orleans. She caught Charles's eye (on purpose) and the rest is herstory!!!!!
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| Charles II's Minette: Princess Henriette-Anne, Duchess of Orleans by Bryan Bevan
Buy used from: $6.78 Though she barely knew her brother as a child growing up in France. They eventually formed a loving, lasting bond. She spent most of her short life in France, yet had a big influence over her brother
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| Catherine of Braganza: Princess of Portugal Wife to Charles II by Manuel Andrade E. Sousa
Buy used from: $19.95 The poor princess Charles was forced to wed. They had a loving, if more platonic (on his side) relationship. She proved to be barren, while he fathered many, many by-blows on his many mistresses!!!!
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 | The Secret Life of Aphra Behn by Janet Todd
Buy new: $30.58 / Used from: $12.40 For a female, Aphra was a very important and appreciated playwright in her time. She was also a useful spy for England.
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| A Glorious Fame: Life of Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle, 1623-73 by Kathleen Jones
Buy used from: $6.16 Though she lived through only 7 years of the Restoration. She left behind some of the best plays, poems and essays of that time!
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 | Female Playwrights of the Restoration (Everyman's Library) by Paddy Lyons
Buy used from: $1.02 The Restoration was the first time women were allowed on stage in England. But, they also started writing some really great works as well.
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 | Forever Amber by Kathleen Winsor
Buy new: $13.57 / Used from: $6.01 Anybody who's interested in this period, needs to read this book. Amber goes from being a poor country maid, to living in Whitehall as the kings mistress. I love this book!
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![Forever Amber [VHS]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51ER4Y7S1DL._SL75_.jpg) | Forever Amber [VHS]
Buy used from: $10.00 No where near as good as the book. But still a wonderful movie to watch and learn about the clothes and manners of the day!
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 | Restoration: A Novel of Seventeenth-Century England (Tie-In Edition) by Rose Tremain
Buy used from: $0.78 Restoration fiction at it's finest. Tells the story of a royal doctor who must marry, but not love the King's mistress. But, when he does, he's banished to work at a lunatic asylum during the plague!
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 | Restoration
Buy used from: $6.99 Stunningly beautiful movie, weather it's in the center of Whitehall Palace, or the corner of a dirty lunatic asylum during the plague. Recreated the book perfectly!
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| The Great Plague in London in 1665 by Walter George Bell
Buy used from: $31.22 One of three disasters to befall England and Charles in the infant years of the Restoration!
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 | The Great Fire of London: In That Apocalyptic Year, 1666 by Neil Hanson
Buy used from: $2.75 Another of the worst disasters to be fall England and Charles at this time!
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| Samuel Pepys and the Second Dutch War: Pepy's Navy White Book and Brooke House Papers (Navy Records Society Publications) by Samuel Pepys
Buy used from: $95.57 The third disasterious event was when the Dutch captured the ship "The Royal Charles" from their harbor. Embarassing King and country, and prompting the Second Dutch War!
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