As the life of Charles II becomes a major BBC TV series we look at the colourful life of Nell Gwynne. Nell Gwynne - history UK Nell Gwynne - biography The BBC is not responsible for the content of ...

Nell Gwynn — also spelled Gwyn and Gwynne ... She sought to climb the ranks yet further by securing King Charles II’s favour with a dastardly trick on her rival. After working at Madam ...

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Nell Gwynn was one of the first ladies on the 17th-century stage and went on to become the first lady in Charles II’s boudoir. Not bad for someone who started out as a Cheapside moll flogging ...

Colour flooded forth once more, the British Isles having been cast into grim shadowy monochrome since the Puritans had beheaded Charles I at Whitehall on January 30, 1649. The theatres were back ...

Eleanor 'Nell' Gwynn (or Gwyn or Gwynne ... Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2014 After being banned by Cromwell, theatres were reinstated by Charles II, in the early 1660s.

If 17th-century Londoner Nell Gwynn is remembered today, it’s usually for the wrong reasons — as an orange seller who became mistress to England’s King Charles II. By rights, says British ...

Based on the Olivier-winning play by Jessica Swale, who is also adapting, the story follows the life of Nell Gwynn, mistress of Charles II, and her part in the theatre of the 17th century.

As the life of Charles II becomes a major BBC TV series we look at the colourful life of Nell Gwynne. Bore two sons by Charles - one died and the other was made Earl of Burford and, subsequently ...