tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8895518556533459607.post9105541102091155324..comments2024-03-26T02:26:10.065-05:00Comments on Supremacy and Survival: The English Reformation: Charles II RIPStephanie A. Mannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14796489639420491857noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8895518556533459607.post-84902495881345340462011-02-08T08:27:09.598-06:002011-02-08T08:27:09.598-06:00I'm sure there is a book out there about all t...I'm sure there is a book out there about all the royal mistresses; perhaps a multi-volume work and Charles has his own volume! As for Nell, she died three years after the king, suffering two strokes. She was 37 years old.Stephanie A. Mannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14796489639420491857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8895518556533459607.post-55524796013705484522011-02-07T17:45:46.977-06:002011-02-07T17:45:46.977-06:00Nell Gwynne! Please -someone of the Blogerati - St...Nell Gwynne! Please -someone of the Blogerati - Stephanie? Perhaps YOU, Theresa.<br /> How about a blog site dedicated to Nell Gwynne.<br />I love Wilmot's quip: "The Darling Strumpet of the Crowd".tubbshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07272003035464034763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8895518556533459607.post-91755166327275861002011-02-07T12:28:02.501-06:002011-02-07T12:28:02.501-06:00Tubbs,
I agree Charles was a survior, he had to b...Tubbs,<br /><br />I agree Charles was a survior, he had to be. He wasn't just a play boy or a sloth. He showed real loyalty to his brother and low born mistress Nell Gwynne.Theresa Brunohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10934415969408365200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8895518556533459607.post-65664636865013913962011-02-06T21:22:50.380-06:002011-02-06T21:22:50.380-06:00I always had the impression that he was a cynic, a...I always had the impression that he was a cynic, and a survivor. A professor from my college days insisted that Charles was not some lounge-lizard Lothario, but a type A personality who worked hard and played hard. (and as for Charles' oversized libido - well perhaps there was an hereditary factor involved, he was the grandson of Henri IV).<br /> I think Charles should be give credit for his loyalty to his brother James, and even loyalty (in his fashion) to his wife Catherine. He refused to desert her during the Popish Plot.tubbshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07272003035464034763noreply@blogger.com