A Health Unto His Majesty by Jean Plaidy

'The Merry Monarch's Wife' is a decent enough telling of the same story from the King Charles II trilogy, with some additional material specific to the life of Catherine before and after her marriage to Charles II. Through the earlier 'King Charles II' series and this Queens of England companion book, Plaidy brings her great historical research to the interesting and romantic story of King Charles II and his merry England, the British Court of the Restoration Period. For example, the 'Courts of Love' Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine also is found in the first four books of the 'Plantagenet Saga.' Catherine of Braganza, the Merry Monarch's Wife, is also featured in the second book of the 'King Charles II' trilogy (part of the overall Stuart Saga about the Stuart monarchs): A Health Unto His Majesty. In each 'Queens' book, Jean Plaidy features a character and basic story previously included in earlier series. As with all books in this series, the story is told in first person by the queen looking back on her life - along with the woman's repeated expressions of 'if only' regret and how she might have done things differently. One recent re-release is ' The Merry Monarch's Wife,' (originally published in 1991) a biographical novel about Catherine of Braganza, wife of King Charles II in the late 17th century. Several of Jean Plaidy's historical novels have been re-printed in recent years, particularly the books in her 'Queens of England' series.

A Health Unto His Majesty by Jean Plaidy