{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Episode 13: The Enigmatic Monarch","description":"Who was King Charles II? As a controversial new drama-doc portrays him as a brutal avenger of his father's killers, Paul and Miranda go in search of the real Charles. With guest historians Linda Porter and Charlotte White as expert witnesses, we revisit Charles's childhood, his tumultuous experience of Civil War upheavals and years in exile, and his surprisingly conciliatory return to take the throne.  Charles II is a larger-than-life figure renowned for his loose living and numerous mistresses. But he was also a champion of the sciences and patron of the arts. Perhaps more than anything else, this most enigmatic of kings was a true political survivor. Linda Porter has published many books on the period including \u2018Royal Renegades\u2019, about the children of Charles I, and \u2018Mistresses\u2019 about the women Charles II had relationships with.  Charlotte White is an author and podcast presenter who wrote the chapter on Charles II for Iain Dale\u2019s recent \u2018Kings and Queens\u2019 book and is currently writing about Barbara Villiers, Charles II\u2019s long-standing mistress. '1666 and All That' is presented by Paul Lay and Miranda Malins. The producer is Hugh Costello. Original music is by George Taylor. The episode was mixed by Sam Gunn.  ","author_name":"1666 and All That","author_url":"https:\/\/sites.libsyn.com\/446046","html":"