A historic prayer book belonging to the priest who protected King Charles II and helped save his life has gone on public display at one of England’s famous stately homes. Father John Huddleston’s ...

Born at the end of a long line of inbreeding, Charles II suffered ill-health for his entire, albeit short, life. Badly disfigured, he was believed unfit to rule and during his life, most of the power ...

If you read this column regularly, you’ll probably recall that the early culture of colonial Charles Town in many ways reflected the personality of its namesake, England’s King Charles II. Given ...

MERRY MONARCH: THE LIFE AND LIKENESS OF CHARLES II (274 pp.)—Hesketh Pearson—Harper ($5). On the night of Nov. 4, 1677, a few hours after he had, for certain umbrous reasons of state, brought about a ...

Father John Huddleston’s personal missal, which is almost 400 years old, is now on display at Moseley Old Hall, Wolverhampton, which is situated in the West Midlands region of the country. From the ...