(033710) Uglow, Jenny. A Gambling Man: Charles II's Restoration Game. New York: Farrar, Straus And Giroux, 2009. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 580 pages. Very Good+ in Fine DJ. B&W Illustrations. Small ink owner's name on front endpaper. Charles II (1630–1685) was monarch of the three kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland. Charles II's father, King Charles I, was executed at Whitehall on 30 January 1649, at the climax of the English Civil War. Although the Parliament of Scotland proclaimed Charles II King of Great Britain and Ireland in Edinburgh on 6 February 1649, the English Parliament instead passed a statute that made any such proclamation unlawful. England entered the period known as the English Interregnum or the English Commonwealth, and the country was a de facto republic, led by Oliver Cromwell ISBN: 9780374281373 (Charles II, King, Kings And Rulers, Great Britain)
