Season 4 · Episode 1
04.01 - The Return of the King
The Stuart Restoration winds back the clock.
Pax Britannica: A History of the British Empire
September 8, 202538m 8s
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Show Notes
Charles II Stuart returns to London, and the Restoration tries to turn the clock back in England, Scotland, and Ireland. But a generation of civil war and revolution is not something that can be easily reversed.
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