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Claire Hobson 📚@restorationhat.bsky.social · last mo.

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👛Price just dropped to £7.99 on Kindle!👛 I don't know how long for, so you may want to act as fast as the physician who came to the rescue of Prince Charles at the Battle of Edgehill. Just please don't let a poleaxe enter the equation. www.amazon.co.uk/Charles-II-C...

Claire Hobson 📚@restorationhat.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Bio examining Charles as a prince & powerless king, with new focus on his #mentalhealth. A diligent #army general age 14, how did he become the sex-mad Merry Monarch? amazon.co.uk/dp/1399064517 amazon.com/dp/1399064517 pen-and-sword.co.uk/Charles-II-H... #history #childhood #war #women #revolution

Special Guest Post by Claire Hobson, Author of Charles II: From the Cradle to the Crown tonyriches.blogspot.com/2025/10/spec... @restorationhat.bsky.social #Stuarts #History

👛Price just dropped to £7.99 on Kindle!👛 I don't know how long for, so you may want to act as fast as the physician who came to the rescue of Prince Charles at the Battle of Edgehill. Just please don't let a poleaxe enter the equation. www.amazon.co.uk/Charles-II-C...

Claire Hobson 📚@restorationhat.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Bio examining Charles as a prince & powerless king, with new focus on his #mentalhealth. A diligent #army general age 14, how did he become the sex-mad Merry Monarch? amazon.co.uk/dp/1399064517 amazon.com/dp/1399064517 pen-and-sword.co.uk/Charles-II-H... #history #childhood #war #women #revolution

Special Guest Post by Pam Lecky, Author of The Wild Atlantic Murders (2 book series) tonyriches.blogspot.com/2026/07/spec... @pamlecky.bsky.social #Writing

#tweetfromalternatehistory @restorationhat.bsky.social #whatif Lady Jane Grey held onto the throne? 1553 #OnThisDay in #alternatehistory The troubled early days of Good Queen Jane thisdayinalternatehistory.blogspot.com/2011/02/febr...

Proudly presenting for #BluePit my trailer for ⚔️ THE DUEL IN 1660 ⚔️ A storybook romp through a colorful, heightened 17th century. It's the silliest historical you'll cry over this decade! #YA / #A #LGBT #TR #OV #HS #HU #Q #📖

Great news & not too surprising as it's such an excellent book. Your clear written picture of the future Charles II suffering deprivations in his early life, in exile and fleeing from the Parliamentarians, shaped the adult who became known as The Merry Monarch - sobriquet thanks to Lord Rochester! 📖

Selling out! I was surprised—it suddenly rose in the charts. This follows a new ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ rating, so thanks to whoever's rated it. amazon.co.uk/Charles-II-C... 87% OFF in 🇺🇸 amazon.com/Charles-II-C... #historymatters #Restoration #Stuart #ECW #royals #KingCharles #bio @penandswordbooks.bsky.social

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June 1640: ‘London, and especially the Court, were … in frequent disorders, and greate insolencies were com’itted by the abus’d and too happy Citty … many scandalous libells and invectives scatter’d about the streetes, to the reproach of Government’ –later words of John Evelyn #rebellion #revolution

Still on! 💰25% off RRP www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Charles-II/p... Use code BDAY25 at checkout, valid on hardbacks TILL MONDAY! And buying the hardback offers you the ebook at £1.99 'a refreshing study' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ –Book Leaves #ECW #monarchy #KingCharles #history #childhood #war #Restoration #revolution

Charles II

As a powerful king who embraced a permissive society, Charles II shaped the culture of Restoration England, but who and what shaped Charles? Though his…

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Claire Hobson 📚@restorationhat.bsky.social · 3mo ago

A big day for #CharlesII: 396th b'day 366th anniv. of #Stuart restoration To mark it, you can 🌟save 25%🌟 on a #biography of those first 30 years of his life! (exile insights, #childhood analysis & much more) Use code BDAY25 at checkout www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Charles-II/p... #nonfiction #ECW #17thC

Still on! 💰25% off RRP www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Charles-II/p... Use code BDAY25 at checkout, valid on hardbacks TILL MONDAY! And buying the hardback offers you the ebook at £1.99 'a refreshing study' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ –Book Leaves #ECW #monarchy #KingCharles #history #childhood #war #Restoration #revolution

Charles II

As a powerful king who embraced a permissive society, Charles II shaped the culture of Restoration England, but who and what shaped Charles? Though his…

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Claire Hobson 📚@restorationhat.bsky.social · 3mo ago

A big day for #CharlesII: 396th b'day 366th anniv. of #Stuart restoration To mark it, you can 🌟save 25%🌟 on a #biography of those first 30 years of his life! (exile insights, #childhood analysis & much more) Use code BDAY25 at checkout www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Charles-II/p... #nonfiction #ECW #17thC

A big day for #CharlesII: 396th b'day 366th anniv. of #Stuart restoration To mark it, you can 🌟save 25%🌟 on a #biography of those first 30 years of his life! (exile insights, #childhood analysis & much more) Use code BDAY25 at checkout www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Charles-II/p... #nonfiction #ECW #17thC

Charles II

As a powerful king who embraced a permissive society, Charles II shaped the culture of Restoration England, but who and what shaped Charles? Though his…

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Oak Apple Day! 29th of May! To mark the day, Historia spoke to Claire Hobson, whose biography of Charles II traces the 30 years between the future king's birth and the Restoration. Read our interview and find out more at historiamag.com/historia-int... @restorationhat.bsky.social

Alexander is male, and the whole series and every story in it is about this. On one level I wanna entertain my fellow queers with a goofy story, but on another I'm trying to get at deep things about the (trans) male condition, way beyond "rep" (which is good, I just want more.) #AwesomeCharacters

🌱🫜 Charlie (Chelizabeth) Delta 🦊🪻@charliedeltawrites.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Tell me more about your #AwesomeCharacters Here's one I've somehow never asked before! What is your character's gender? Why did you choose that? Is it important to their story? #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

On 29 May it's 396 years from Charles II's birth in 1630 and 366 since his restoration. Historia spoke to Claire Hobson, whose biography marks those 30 turbulent years that formed the future king. Read our interview at historiamag.com/historia-interview-claire-hobson @restorationhat.bsky.social

As a powerful king who embraced a permissive society, Charles II shaped the culture of Restoration England, but who and what shaped Charles? www.amazon.com/Charles-II-C... @restorationhat.bsky.social #Stuarts #History

Charles II: From the Cradle to the Crown

Amazon.com: Charles II: From the Cradle to the Crown eBook : Hobson, Claire: Kindle Store

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#otd 1650 #Edinburgh's parliament repudiates a draft Treaty of Breda. #Scots want more from #CharlesII. According to a spy, he 'strokes them till he can get into the saddle, and then he will make them feel his spurs' but they 'will not agree he shall back them with his heels armed'. #politics #17thC

So grateful to have a friend with creative skills and, moreover, a kind soul.❤️ She made this, and it's perfect with news of #discounts: amazon.com/dp/1399064517 84% off pen-and-sword.co.uk/Charles-II-H... 20% off (or 72% off ebook) And going cheap on #Kindle amazon.co.uk/Charles-II-C... #history

Charles II: From the Cradle to the Crown

Charles II: From the Cradle to the Crown [Hobson, Claire] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Charles II: From the Cradle to the Crown

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Oak Apple Day this year: what's planned where? Please share. Let's have a thread with details of anything to mark the event in 2026. @penandswordbooks.bsky.social @warwalks.bsky.social @samuelpepys.bsky.social @restorationcake.bsky.social @englishcivilwar.bsky.social @historyrage.bsky.social

Oak Apple Day this year: what's planned where? Please share. Let's have a thread with details of anything to mark the event in 2026. @penandswordbooks.bsky.social @warwalks.bsky.social @samuelpepys.bsky.social @restorationcake.bsky.social @englishcivilwar.bsky.social @historyrage.bsky.social

I've realised I went off at a tangent about Charles being hit on the head and didn't actually answer Natalie's question re Christabella's role in his sexual awakening. Sorry! Everything's out of control when it comes to the sex life of #CharlesII – even me, it seems! 😆

Claire Hobson 📚@restorationhat.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Thanks to @ifitaintbaroquepod.bsky.social shows.acast.com/if-it-aint-b... Me banging on about #CharlesII 😘Was he flirting in church? ⚔️Did he make French troops disobey orders? 🌍Where was he when? 👑How did becoming king alter his approach to his mother? 📣I also reveal what my next book's about.

Thanks to @ifitaintbaroquepod.bsky.social shows.acast.com/if-it-aint-b... Me banging on about #CharlesII 😘Was he flirting in church? ⚔️Did he make French troops disobey orders? 🌍Where was he when? 👑How did becoming king alter his approach to his mother? 📣I also reveal what my next book's about.

Charles II: Cradle to Crown with Claire Hobson | If It Ain't Baroque...

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Thanks to @ifitaintbaroquepod.bsky.social shows.acast.com/if-it-aint-b... Me banging on about #CharlesII 😘Was he flirting in church? ⚔️Did he make French troops disobey orders? 🌍Where was he when? 👑How did becoming king alter his approach to his mother? 📣I also reveal what my next book's about.

Charles II: Cradle to Crown with Claire Hobson | If It Ain't Baroque...

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Bio examining Charles as a prince & powerless king, with new focus on his #mentalhealth. A diligent #army general age 14, how did he become the sex-mad Merry Monarch? amazon.co.uk/dp/1399064517 amazon.com/dp/1399064517 pen-and-sword.co.uk/Charles-II-H... #history #childhood #war #women #revolution

Claire Hobson 📚@restorationhat.bsky.social · last yr.

#CharlesII age 0–30 Prince, pauper & Presbyterian at #war for episcopacy He saw splendour & squalor, played with naughty friends, performed on stage & fought battles. Sex, defeat & politics led him astray, yet he was forming principles... #c17 #history #ECW www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Charles-II-F...

Bio examining Charles as a prince & powerless king, with new focus on his #mentalhealth. A diligent #army general age 14, how did he become the sex-mad Merry Monarch? amazon.co.uk/dp/1399064517 amazon.com/dp/1399064517 pen-and-sword.co.uk/Charles-II-H... #history #childhood #war #women #revolution

Claire Hobson 📚@restorationhat.bsky.social · last yr.

#CharlesII age 0–30 Prince, pauper & Presbyterian at #war for episcopacy He saw splendour & squalor, played with naughty friends, performed on stage & fought battles. Sex, defeat & politics led him astray, yet he was forming principles... #c17 #history #ECW www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Charles-II-F...

#tweetfromalternatehistory @restorationhat.bsky.social #whatif Henry Frederick Stuart lived & reigned supreme? Stirling Castle, Scotland - 1594 #BornOnThisDay #alternatehistory eldest son of James VI of Scotland & I of England, Henry IX, England's Protestant Lion www.todayinah.co.uk/index.php?st...

Lady Katherine Willoughby knows every one of Henry VIII's wives. She stands up for what she believes in... but such courage has consequences. mybook.to/Katherine #Tudors #HistoricalFiction #KindleUnlimited #audiobooks

Wow, quite a complex one! This is a really good springboard for some analysis of Charles I.

Editor of Today in Alternate History Blog@alternatehistorian.bsky.social · 6mo ago

#tweetfromalternatehistory @restorationhat.bsky.social #WhatIf The King Stands Fast? 23 April 1641 #OnThisDay in #alternatehistory King Charles I resolves surrendering Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford to Parliament would signal the end of effective kingship www.todayinah.co.uk/index.php?st...