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Books Set in Restoration England
Fiction, Crime, Romance... whatever takes your fancy, but what are the best reads set in the reign of or about that merry monarch, Charles II
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Forever Amber
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Restoration
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The Diary of Samuel Pepys
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Frenchman's Creek
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Year of Wonders
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Royal Charles: Charles II and the Restoration
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Quicksilver (The Baroque Cycle, #1)
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Neal Stephenson (Goodreads Author)
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An Instance of the Fingerpost
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A Journal of the Plague Year
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score: 657,
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Restoration London : Everyday Life in the 1660s
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4.09 avg rating — 729 ratings
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Conceit
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Mary Novik (Goodreads Author)
3.40 avg rating — 347 ratings
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The Merry Monarch's Wife (Queens of England, #9)
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3.84 avg rating — 676 ratings
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Samuel Pepys: The Unequalled Self
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3.89 avg rating — 4,390 ratings
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A Gambling Man: Charles II and the Restoration
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3.89 avg rating — 399 ratings
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The Vizard Mask
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4.28 avg rating — 678 ratings
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Dark Angels (Tamworth Saga #1)
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Karleen Koen (Goodreads Author)
3.93 avg rating — 4,695 ratings
score: 464,
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Merivel: A Man of His Time
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4.01 avg rating — 2,472 ratings
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The Child From the Sea
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4.02 avg rating — 868 ratings
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Wife to Charles II
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3.54 avg rating — 114 ratings
score: 434,
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Nell Gwyn: Mistress to a King
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Charles Beauclerk (Goodreads Author)
3.85 avg rating — 586 ratings
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A Conspiracy of Violence (Thomas Chaloner, #1)
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3.89 avg rating — 1,744 ratings
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The Kings' Mistresses: The Liberated Lives of Marie Mancini, Princess Colonna, and Her Sister Hortense, Duchess Mazarin
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3.78 avg rating — 544 ratings
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The Loves of Charles II The Wandering Prince, A Health Unto His Majesty, and Here Lies Our Sovereign Lord(Stuart Saga, #4-6)
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3.95 avg rating — 542 ratings
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The Marlboroughs: John and Sarah Churchill 1650 - 1744
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3.77 avg rating — 123 ratings
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Nell Gwynne: A Passionate Life
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3.35 avg rating — 20 ratings
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The King's Touch
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3.77 avg rating — 221 ratings
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The Perfect Royal Mistress
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Diane Haeger (Goodreads Author)
3.86 avg rating — 1,712 ratings
score: 293,
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3 people voted
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Royal Escape
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3.30 avg rating — 1,493 ratings
score: 275,
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The Confusion (The Baroque Cycle, #2)
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Neal Stephenson (Goodreads Author)
4.27 avg rating — 25,068 ratings
score: 272,
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Girl on the Golden Coin: A Novel of Frances Stuart
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Marci Jefferson (Goodreads Author)
3.78 avg rating — 1,094 ratings
score: 266,
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Isaac Newton
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James Gleick (Goodreads Author)
3.79 avg rating — 9,512 ratings
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Cavalier: A Tale of Chivalry, Passion, and Great Houses
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3.72 avg rating — 362 ratings
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Samuel Pepys: A Life
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3.75 avg rating — 32 ratings
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The Devil in Velvet
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3.78 avg rating — 360 ratings
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All the King's Women: Love, Sex and Politics in the Life of Charles II
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Derek Wilson (Goodreads Author)
3.15 avg rating — 61 ratings
score: 193,
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Alethea (Heron, #3)
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4.27 avg rating — 288 ratings
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The King's Evil
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3.86 avg rating — 541 ratings
score: 185,
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Painted Lady
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Maeve Haran (Goodreads Author)
3.71 avg rating — 239 ratings
score: 185,
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Unnatural Fire --Signed--
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Fidelis Morgan (Goodreads Author)
3.58 avg rating — 398 ratings
score: 183,
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Royal Harlot
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Susan Holloway Scott (Goodreads Author)
3.82 avg rating — 1,734 ratings
score: 181,
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The Royal Stuarts: A History of the Family that Shaped Britain
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3.69 avg rating — 720 ratings
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Exit the Actress
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Priya Parmar (Goodreads Author)
3.82 avg rating — 1,644 ratings
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The Darling Strumpet
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Gillian Bagwell (Goodreads Author)
3.79 avg rating — 1,866 ratings
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I, Coriander
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3.83 avg rating — 8,324 ratings
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The Clockwork Universe: Isaac Newton, the Royal Society, and the Birth of the Modern World
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3.95 avg rating — 5,948 ratings
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The Gilded Lily (Westmorland #2)
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Deborah Swift (Goodreads Author)
3.97 avg rating — 1,203 ratings
score: 174,
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England Under the Stuarts
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3.60 avg rating — 50 ratings
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Dark Angels (Tamworth Saga Book 1)
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Karleen Koen (Goodreads Author)
3.93 avg rating — 4,695 ratings
score: 160,
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Painted Ladies: Women At The Court Of Charles II
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4.52 avg rating — 25 ratings
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His Last Mistress
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Andrea Zuvich (Goodreads Author)
3.31 avg rating — 115 ratings
score: 100,
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1 person voted
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Ballad of the Highwayman
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Hazel B. West (Goodreads Author)
3.86 avg rating — 7 ratings
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The Alchymist's Cat (The Deptford Histories, #1)
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3.98 avg rating — 961 ratings
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The Great Fire Dogs
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4.27 avg rating — 102 ratings
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By Love Unveiled (Restoration, #1)
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3.78 avg rating — 700 ratings
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The Great Roxhythe
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3.35 avg rating — 504 ratings
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The Stuart Vampire
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Andrea Zuvich (Goodreads Author)
4.21 avg rating — 48 ratings
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Silver Deceptions (Restoration, #2)
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3.75 avg rating — 465 ratings
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Invitation to a Funeral
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3.44 avg rating — 103 ratings
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The Repentant Rake (Christopher Redmayne, #3)
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4.08 avg rating — 287 ratings
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The Amorous Nightingale (Christopher Redmayne, #2)
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3.89 avg rating — 377 ratings
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Simon Dale
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3.86 avg rating — 21 ratings
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The Private Life of Charles II: The Women He Loved
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3.29 avg rating — 7 ratings
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The Frost Fair (Christopher Redmayne, #4)
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3.85 avg rating — 377 ratings
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The Rival Queens
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Fidelis Morgan (Goodreads Author)
3.71 avg rating — 204 ratings
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The Tragedy of Charles II
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3.20 avg rating — 5 ratings
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Cupid Rides Pillion
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3.61 avg rating — 213 ratings
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Nell Gwyn: The Story of her Life
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it was ok 2.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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Nell Gwyn, vivacious mistress of Charles II
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The Story of Nell Gwyn
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Nell Gwyn
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The September Queen
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3.73 avg rating — 520 ratings
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His Invention So Fertile
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Lady Bette and the Murder of Mr Thynn: A Scandalous Story of Marriage and Betrayal in Restoration England
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Charles II: Art & Power
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Rufus Bird (Editor)
4.78 avg rating — 9 ratings
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The King's Favorite
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Susan Holloway Scott (Goodreads Author)
3.81 avg rating — 652 ratings
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The French Mistress
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Susan Holloway Scott (Goodreads Author)
3.88 avg rating — 669 ratings
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Mistresses: Sex and Scandal at the Court of Charles II
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Anne Of Summer Ho
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Nell Gwyn: Mistress to a King
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Charles Beauclerk (Goodreads Author)
3.85 avg rating — 586 ratings
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Charles, the King
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The Lady's Slipper (Westmorland, #1)
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Deborah Swift (Goodreads Author)
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The Illustrious Lady: A Biography of Barbara Villiers, Countess of Castlemaine
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The Royal Whore: Barbara Villiers, Countess of Castlemaine
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Royal Survivor: The Life of Charles II
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Counterpoint: Barbara, Lady Villiers
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Nonfiction as well (e.g. biographies)?
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Why not? Jenny Uglow's biography of Charles II is an enjoyable read so I'll add that one... but please keep it to the good stuff
I'll try my darndest! :)
thanks :o))Some interesting titles for me to follow up...
Likewise vice versa, on Jenny Uglow's bio of Charles II ... which looks like a veritable doorstopper from afar!!
It's big admittedly, but I found it very readable. Which was a relief because the previous biography I tried (a much slimmer book) was incredibly dull. Naming no names...
Sounds good! (I'm such a pushover when it comes to history ... :) )
Royal Escape is very much NOT Restoration England!
No but it is Charles II... and he did apparently tell the story of the escape repeatedly once he was restored. Anything primarily set in Restoration England or about Charles II is fine.
Many thanks for creating this list. I'm doing a book display on Samuel Pepys and his times for the library where I work. I was struggling on novels to include until I found this. Brilliant!
Chris wrote: "Many thanks for creating this list. I'm doing a book display on Samuel Pepys and his times for the library where I work. I was struggling on novels to include until I found this. Brilliant!"Delighted to be of use
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The Flower Reader doesn't belong on this list as it isn't set in Restoration England.
Juliet wrote: "The Flower Reader doesn't belong on this list as it isn't set in Restoration England."you're quite right. It isn't but I don't seem to be able to remove it. I'm sure I used to be able to do so. Can anyone tell me how or if list owners can't remove books anymore?
Finally figured out again how to remove books and I've taken out a few that fell right outside the period. Please try to stick to books about Charles II or set in his reign. Thank you.
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