My Dearest Minette: Letters Between Charles II and His Sister Henrietta, Duchesse d'Orleans
By (Author) Ruth Norrington
Peter Owen Publishers
Peter Owen Publishers
1st May 1996
United Kingdom
General
Non Fiction
Biography: historical, political and military
941.066092
Hardback
238
Charles II was a renowned ladies' man but, arguably his greatest love--though not in the Biblical sense--was his sister Minette. Separated from her in their youth by a royal inter-marriage, his letters reveal a tender and humane side not often seen in biographies of this cunning and calculating monarch.