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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
Oct 1, 2004
Rights
Public domain in the USA.
About the author
Sir Henry Craik
1846–1927
A Scottish education reformer, man of letters, and longtime public servant, he moved easily between scholarship and politics. His books on literature and history reflect the broad interests of a writer who helped shape public education in Scotland.
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