Authors:
  1. Quotes
  2. Authors
  3. S
  4. Simon Schama
  5. The irony about Charles II is not that he came to the...

The irony about Charles II is not that he came to the throne because England needed a successor to Charles I, but because England needed a successor to Oliver Cromwell.

Simon Schama
History, England, Thrones
The irony about Charles II is not that he came to the throne because England needed a successor to Charles I, but because England needed a successor to Oliver Cromwell.