Charles II. King, well known to us from the novel "Ten years later" by Alexander Dumas. But - what was he not in books, but in reality? The patron saint of the sciences and arts, at whose court Van Dyck worked and Newton worked? A favorite of women and a man who deftly uses his legendary favorites in palace intrigues? A very mediocre military leader who won many battles nonetheless? Finally, the only one of the kings of England whose court overshadowed with luxury and sophistication even the legendary Versailles?