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

by G.E. Aylmer

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.

338 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2002

About the author

Gerald Edward Aylmer, British historian of seventeenth-century England with particular interest in the administration of Government.