The Restoration court of Charles II was infamous for its environment of hedonism and vice. Join historian Andrea Zuvich as she covers the scintillating and shocking sex and love scandals of this debauched court, and unpleasant ends of some of the wildest of the rakes and rogues.
Views: 13 | Enquiries: 0Andrea Zuvich is an independent seventeenth-century historian specialising in the House of Stuart (1603–1714) and author of nonfiction history works such as "Ravenous: A Life of Barbara Villiers, Charles II's Most Infamous Mistress", "Sex and Sexuality in Stuart Britain", and "A Year in the Life of Stuart Britain". She is also a historical advisor for film, television, and radio. She runs the popular ‘The Seventeenth Century Lady’ blog, and is the hostess of the monthly live streamed online history show, Stuart Saturday Live. She was one of the original developers of the Garden History Tours at Kensington Palace.
She can appear in period costume if wished.
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