A Health Unto His Majesty

by Jean Plaidy Book 3 in the The Stuarts series.

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Returning to England after years of exile, Charles II inherits a kingdom exhausted by civil war and political division. He must manage an uneasy Parliament, religious conflict and the expectations surrounding the restored monarchy while his marriage to Catherine of Braganza and relationships with influential mistresses complicate both court politics and his private life.

The novel follows Charles through the major crises of Restoration England, including the Great Plague, the Great Fire of London and growing anxiety over the succession. Jean Plaidy presents a king whose charm and political flexibility help preserve the monarchy, but whose personal choices repeatedly create difficulties for the people closest to him and for the court he is trying to stabilise.