The works of Sir Peter Lely have long been my favourite Restoration, and whilst I love the work of Van Dyke and Kneller, I think Lely wil...

On 2nd September 1666, disaster struck London. At around 2am that morning, in the house of John Farryner, a baker in Pudding Lane, a fire...

It's been ages since I've posted a book review on here so I thought I would delight you all and post one. I will warn you now tha...

Charles II and Catherine of Braganza, a line engraving by an Unknown Artist Before I get stuck into this post I just want to say a mass...

Oliver Cromwell by Robert Walker Let's make on thing quite clear: I am not a fan of Oliver Cromwell. There, I admitted it. In m...

A young James Duke of Monmouth James Crofts, later known as the Duke of Monmouth was the bastard son of Charles II and his first known ...

Phillipe Duc D'Orleans "Monsieur is a villain!" These are the words that Charles II is said to have shouted when he rec...

You all know how much I adore Charles II. Sometimes I may even consider myself his number 1 fan...did I just admit that? I regret nothing...

On 29th May 1630, Queen Henrietta Maria gave birth to a son at St James' Palace London. The child's father was, of course, the fa...