The story of Nell Gwyn and the sayings of Charles the Second
By: related and collected by Peter Cunningham, with a complete index to the personages mentioned, now first published
Publisher: Wiley
Published: 1883
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 152
Description: "Eleanor "Nell" Gwyn (or Gwynn or Gwynne) (2 February 1650 ? 14 November 1687) was a long-time mistress of King Charles II of England. Called "pretty, witty Nell" by Samuel Pepys, she has been regarded as a living embodiment of the spirit of Restoration England and has come to be considered a folk heroine, with a story echoing the rags-to-royalty tale of Cinderella. Elizabeth Howe, in The First English Actresses, says she was "the most famous Restoration actress of all time, possessed of an extraordinary comic talent.""--Wikipedia.
Notes: "Originally published in the ʻGentleman's magazineʼ for the year 1851."

Includes index.