The Crown's Servants: Government and the Civil Service Under Charles II, 1660-1685 [Hardcover]

G. E. Aylmer (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 15, 2002 | ISBN-10: 019820826X | ISBN-13: 978-0198208266

This volume examines English central government and the royal court under King Charles II (1660-1685). The author focuses on the structure of government and its methods, as well as its policies, tasks, successes, and failures. A sequel to two earlier books by the same author, this study makes a crucial contribution to our understanding of later seventeenth-century history and the development of English government.

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"The breadth and depth of Aylmer's reading and his command of the details of seventeenth-century administrative life reconfirm him as the dean of historians of early Modern English administration."--Albion

About the Author

The late G. E. Aylmer wasMaster of St Peter's College, Oxford.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 338 pages
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA (August 15, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 019820826X
• ISBN-13: 978-0198208266
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.7 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,026,959 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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