Catherine of Braganza

1638–1705

Catherine of Braganza was the Portuguese princess who became queen consort of Charles II of England. Her marriage brought a substantial dowry and diplomatic alliance, but she faced anti-Catholic hostility, infertility and the public presence of the king’s mistresses.

In Susanna Gregory’s The Piccadilly Plot, the conspiracy eventually points towards Queen Catherine of Braganza, whom someone intends to frame for treason. Antonia Fraser’s King Charles II places Catherine of Braganza within a narrative shaped by court politics and dynastic power, political ambition and government, and social change and the pressures of ordinary life.

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Thomas Chaloner in Order

by Susanna Gregory 16 books 4.3

The Thomas Chaloner mysteries follow a former Commonwealth intelligencer attempting to survive after the restoration of Charles II. Employed by the Earl of Clarendon, Chaloner works inside a court that distrusts his Parliamentarian past, investigating murder, corruption and political conspiracy in London during the first turbulent years of…

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