Charles II
the last rally
by Hilaire Belloc
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In The Last Rally, Belloc narrates with clarity and vigor a central episode in the decline of the English Monarchy. Restored to the throne following the interlude of Cromwell's "Commonwealth," Charles II devoted his life as King of England to maintaining the integrity of the throne against all the forces arrayed against it: the power of the great landowners who worked through the Parliament; the influence of the Lawyers' Guild; and the irresistible mercantile and financial strength of the city of London. The story that Belloc brings to life is thus one of survival: the story of a ship of state brought "through peril and storm under a great captain." It is also the story of manhood and determination in the face of overwhelming odds; as such it is a story that Hilaire Belloc was eminently qualified to write.
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Charles II: the last rally
2003, Gates of Vienna Books, Ihs Press
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"This book is a sequel and companion to the book which I published last year upon Louis XIV."--p. 1.
"First edition."
London edition (Cassell and Company Ltd.) has title: The last rally; a story of Charles II.
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