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17 totalTHE LIFE OF EDWARD EARL OF CLARENDON LORD HIGH CHANCELLOR OF ENGLAND VOLUME II - BY SIR HENRY CRAIK, K.C.B., LL.D.
CONTENTS OF VOLUME II - CHAPTER - XIV. THE RESTORATION - XV. PROSPECT FOR THE RESTORED MONARCHY - XVI. DIFFICULTIES TO BE MET - XVII. SCOTTISH ADMINISTRATION - XVIII. THE PROBLEMS OF IRELAND - XIX. MARRIAGE TREATY AND RELIGIOUS SETTLEMENT - XX. DOMESTIC DISSENSION AND FOREIGN COMPLICATIONS - XXI. THE DUTCH WAR - XXII. ADMINISTRATIVE FRICTION - XXIII. DECAY OF CLARENDON'S INFLUENCE - XXIV. INCREASING BITTERNESS OF HIS FOES - XXV. THE TRIUMPH OF FACTION - INDEX - LIST OF PORTRAITS - VOLUME II
CHAPTER XIV - THE RESTORATION
CHAPTER XV - PROSPECT FOR THE RESTORED MONARCHY
CHAPTER XVI - DIFFICULTIES TO BE MET
CHAPTER XVII - SCOTTISH ADMINISTRATION
CHAPTER XVIII - THE PROBLEMS OF IRELAND
CHAPTER XIX - MARRIAGE TREATY AND RELIGIOUS SETTLEMENT
CHAPTER XX - DOMESTIC DISSENSION AND FOREIGN COMPLICATIONS
CHAPTER XXI - THE DUTCH WAR
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Edward Clarendon, the towering Lord Chancellor of the early Restoration, finds himself navigating a sea of shifting loyalties after Oliver Cromwell’s death. Exiled for a decade, he must steer the royalist cause through hopeful whispers and deepening despair, all while contending with jealous courtiers and wary foreign allies. His keen sense of the nation’s temperament guides a patient, if criticized, strategy of waiting rather than rash action.
Beyond politics, Clarendon’s talent as a historian shines. He records the era not as a series of events but as a drama of great personalities, letting the ambitions and temperaments of figures like Charles II and their opponents shape the narrative. In doing so, he offers listeners a vivid portrait of a kingdom on the brink of rebirth, seen through the eyes of one who both shaped and chronicled its destiny.
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en
Duration
~11 hours (646K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Release date
2004-10-01
Rights
Public domain in the USA.
About the author
Sir Henry Craik
1846–1927
A Scottish educator, civil servant, and Unionist politician, he helped shape public education in Scotland and later carried those interests into Parliament. He also wrote widely on history and literature, including work on Jonathan Swift and Scottish history.
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