Charles II: His life and times by Antonia Fraser Hardcover, 1993, 264 pages With Antionia Fraser's abridged biography at its core, this book chronicles the life and times of Charles II. It paints a picture of a glorious but troubled Restoration period, which followed Oliver Cromwell's Puritan Commonwealth, presenting the world in which the king moved: the dress, the manners, the morals, the entertainment and the society. See pictures Pickup in Langford Cross posted