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Claire Hobson 📚
@restorationhat.bsky.social
Writer researching the 17th century

Charles II: From the Cradle to the Crown
(Charles II age 0-30 biography exploring his development)
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1399064517
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Charles II: From the Cradle to the Crown

'The writing is accessible but detailed, with a nice mix of narrative drive and scholarly insight. This book offers a more intimate, human portrait of Charles'
—from a review by Chelsea D

See 🧵 for a taster of the book.

#monarchy #Stuart #war #Restoration
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Huge thanks to Mark!

But agh, sorry!
I was playing this & realised I say here that in exile Charles sought to wed Protestants only, but there were exceptions later in the exile. I should have clarified.

I wouldn't mind so much if it were amusing, but I can't even do decent #bloopers. 😂

#history
November 14, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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Latest Episode - #CavalierCast podcast.
Claire Hobson discusses the formative years of Charles II and the traumatic events that scarred them.
👂Listen on your usual podcast platform, or via www.buzzsprout.com/1194917
November 9, 2025 at 9:10 AM
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Writing about Lady Lucy Bedford as Penthesilea, Queen of the Amazons in the Masque of Queens 1609 #Stuarts
November 12, 2025 at 11:07 AM
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📅#OTD 1671, Thomas Fairfax died.
Find out more about the leader of the New Model Army by listening to episode 11 of #CavalierCast podcast: Professor Andrew Hopper, Nick Lipscombe & MJ Logue discuss.
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November 12, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Huge thanks to Mark!

But agh, sorry!
I was playing this & realised I say here that in exile Charles sought to wed Protestants only, but there were exceptions later in the exile. I should have clarified.

I wouldn't mind so much if it were amusing, but I can't even do decent #bloopers. 😂

#history
November 14, 2025 at 6:22 PM
With big thanks to @1642author.bsky.social
My first author interview! Hear me nervous & excited in conversation re pre-Restoration #CharlesII:
#childhood
developing understanding
fears
military role
relationships with #women
alternative restoration plans

#ECW #c17
www.buzzsprout.com/1194917/epis...
Episode 44 - The Youth of Charles, Prince of Wales. - CavalierCast - The Civil War in Words
The 17th Century War of the Three Kingdoms was a momentous period in our history, and one which is extremely overshadowed. Historian Mark Turnbull (producer and host of the show) has been fascina...
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November 8, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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Charles II (my book) has been out in the world for 4½ months.

So shouldn't it look like this?

Instead it apparently looks like Mr Bean (see cover).
www.amazon.com/Charles-II-C...

😆😆

#publishing #babies #cute #cuteness #silly #CharlesII #history #royals #art #comedy #Stuart #17thC #RowanAtkinson
October 29, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Charles II (my book) has been out in the world for 4½ months.

So shouldn't it look like this?

Instead it apparently looks like Mr Bean (see cover).
www.amazon.com/Charles-II-C...

😆😆

#publishing #babies #cute #cuteness #silly #CharlesII #history #royals #art #comedy #Stuart #17thC #RowanAtkinson
October 29, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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🌟Quick! 30% off!🌟
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My research for this book fascinated me, particularly re Charles II's #mentalhealth & developing views.
Young Charles was in private turmoil while his public persona shone.
#history #war #royals #revolution #discount
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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October 19, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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pen-and-sword.co.uk/Charles-II-H...
amazon.co.uk/dp/1399064517

My research for this book fascinated me, particularly re Charles II's #mentalhealth & developing views.
Young Charles was in private turmoil while his public persona shone.
#history #war #royals #revolution #discount
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…
pen-and-sword.co.uk
October 19, 2025 at 5:11 PM
All by @alternatehistorian.bsky.social – I deserve no credit at all, but it's lovely if 'Cradle' inspired this.

Glad Carolina & her father are mutually supportive. I also like the potential husbands! And 'laughed England back to life' – yeah, baby!👍😂

Now, does she fancy men or women?

#fantasy
#tweetfromalternatehistory #whatif gender-flipped life of Charles II, from Princess to Restored Queen? with @restorationhat.bsky.social St. James's Palace- 29 May, 1630 #BornOnThisDay in #alternatehistory Princess Carolina to King Charles I & Queen Henrietta Maria
www.todayinah.co.uk/index.php?st...
October 14, 2025 at 12:13 PM
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chasquiswritingworld.wordpress.com/2025/09/05/s... #comedy #standupcomedy #humour #humor #grammar #surrealism #1980s #WritingCommunity #writing #blog Apologies for gaps in the piece but it looked fine in draft but transferring to website created these and I have been unable to rectify the problem
STAND-UP COMEDY ACT (Part 1)
Hello Friends and welcome back to Chasqui’s Writing World – after nearly a year’s break. Over the last 12 months or so I have had to give priority to family, some with health problems, but I am bac…
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September 5, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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Guest Post by Claire Hobson, Author of Charles II: From the Cradle to the Crown: Revolution, conspiracy, sex, ceremony and the secrets of royal childhood - some surprises to be found in Restoration history. tonyriches.blogspot.com/2025/10/spec... @restorationhat.bsky.social #Stuarts #History
October 8, 2025 at 6:10 AM
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Special Guest Post by Claire Hobson, Author of Charles II: From the Cradle to the Crown ~ now available on Kindle tonyriches.blogspot.com/2025/10/spec... @restorationhat.bsky.social #Stuarts #BookLaunch
October 6, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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Reviews say
🗨️'engaging, well-researched, high-drama biography'
🗨️'also works as a quick overview of the English Civil War'
🗨️'delves into nuances'

#ECW
@penandswordbooks.bsky.social
September 26, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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#Kindle 'Cradle'
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"Using an impressive range of evidence, Hobson ... examines the ... influences that combined to make Charles both 'the Merry Monarch' and an untrustworthy arch-dissembler"

#history #discounts
September 27, 2025 at 2:26 PM
He did! He gets little credit for the fact Parliament invited him to rule after the Cromwellian & republican era, but they didn't have to choose #CharlesII.

If he'd developed differently, they may not have invited him.

And they knew he was, as you say, a little dodgy.

#history #politics #monarchy
September 27, 2025 at 3:12 PM
#Kindle 'Cradle'
68% & 56% off: amazon.ca/Charles-II-C... & amazon.com/Charles-II-C... respectively

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"Using an impressive range of evidence, Hobson ... examines the ... influences that combined to make Charles both 'the Merry Monarch' and an untrustworthy arch-dissembler"

#history #discounts
September 27, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Time waits for nomad.
35% OFF Charles II: From the Cradle to the Crown www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1399064517
Offer ends soon.

Reviews say
🗨️'engaging, well-researched, high-drama biography'
🗨️'also works as a quick overview of the English Civil War'
🗨️'delves into nuances'

#ECW
@penandswordbooks.bsky.social
September 26, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Obviously you have to imagine the disguise. The pic doesn't quite represent it. 😂 For a start, his hair had been cut short, with agricultural shears!
Charmouth #otd 1651
A ship fails to come & rescue fugitive #CharlesII. At an inn he's waited all night. Now he kisses the landlady 🤨 & leaves, disguised. He doesn't hear an onlooker identify him.

Charles is off to Bridport, but rage leads him to such 'rudeness', he takes a big risk.

#royal #escape
September 24, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Charmouth #otd 1651
A ship fails to come & rescue fugitive #CharlesII. At an inn he's waited all night. Now he kisses the landlady 🤨 & leaves, disguised. He doesn't hear an onlooker identify him.

Charles is off to Bridport, but rage leads him to such 'rudeness', he takes a big risk.

#royal #escape
September 23, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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September 20, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Despite talking about a different rescue attempt, I'm flattered that my mentioning a rescue has led to this. Interesting reference to illegitimacy in this scenario too!

Louis was younger in reality than here, but Mazarin would certainly have been busy if Charles I had got to Saint-Germain in 1648.
#tweetfromalternatehistory @restorationhat.bsky.social March, 1648 #OnThisDay in #alternatehistory the incomparable escape manager Jane Whorwood rescued King Charles from imprisonment at Carisbrooke Castle to flee captivity aboard a French frigate bound for Calais
www.todayinah.co.uk/index.php?st...
September 21, 2025 at 4:04 PM
I like the fact this sees Catholicism upheld with Anglicanism accommodated.
#tweetfromalternatehistory @restorationhat.bsky.social 19th April 1770 #OnThisDay in #alternatehistory Archduchess Maria Antonia of Austria wed Prince James Stuart at Royal Catholic chapel in Somerset House a venue deliberately chosen to avoid inciting Protestants
www.todayinah.co.uk/index.php?st...
September 21, 2025 at 3:49 PM
In Prince Rupert? Elsewhere in #Canada?

Charles II: From the Cradle to the Crown now on amazon.ca/Charles-II-C... 🇨🇦

Rupert has more mentions than I thought. As do:
nasty Richard Grenville
drunken Henry Wilmot
bold uprisings/insurgence
(indexing = hard work)

#royalhistory #ECW #monarchy #Stuarts
September 13, 2025 at 1:36 PM