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Year of the Restoration

1660

Guards stationed at Whitehall under Charles II

Approximately 8,000

Charles II's longest-serving mistress

Barbara Villiers, Duchess of Castlemaine

Charles II's deathbed words about Nell Gwyn

Let not poor Nelly starve

Louise de Keroualle's secret role at court

French spy planted by Louis XIV

Fate of Whitehall Palace

Burned down in the 1690s

Only surviving part of Whitehall Palace today

The Banqueting House

Machiavelli's key principle for rulers

Expediency matters more than morality

Length of Charles II's reign

25 years

Battle where Charles II escaped in 1651

Battle of Worcester

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Charles I: Personal Rule and Political Breakdown, 1629–40

From Crisis to War, 1640–42

The Military Struggle, 1643–46

Radicalism and Regicide, 1646–49

The Interregnum, 1649–60

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Charles I: Personal Rule and Political Breakdown, 1629–40

From Crisis to War, 1640–42

The Military Struggle, 1643–46

Radicalism and Regicide, 1646–49

The Interregnum, 1649–60

The Protectorate and Its Problems, 1654–58

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