MERRY MONARCH: THE LIFE AND LIKENESS OF CHARLES II (274 pp.)—Hesketh Pearson—Harper ($5). On the night of Nov. 4, 1677, a few hours after he had, for certain umbrous reasons of state, brought about a ...
CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Nell Gwynn was by far the favorite mistress of Charles II of England. So much so that he would go to extraordinary measures to meet her – ...