{"product_id":"mr-goodman-the-player-paperback","title":"Mr. Goodman the Player - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn Harold Wilson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFamous as an actor with the King's Company in London during the Restoration, Cardell Goodman epitomized one of the most colorful ages in English history. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGoodman was admitted to St. John's College, Cambridge at age 13, and, upon graduation, became an actor in the King's Company. To supplement his meager acting income, he took up highway robbery and was captured then pardoned by King Charles. About 1684, he became the lover of Barbara, Duchess of Cleveland, former mistress of King Charles, and spent the next ten years living in luxury as her Master of the Horse, occasionally accepting acting roles. In 1696 he became entangled in the Jacobite conspiracy and fled to France. He returned to a remote part of England after the Peace of Ryswick in 1697, and spent the last years of his turbulent, exciting, dangerous life in genteel poverty. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJohn Harold Wilson tells Goodman's remarkable life story with documentation, grace, and wit, using it to illustrate the violence, intrigue, lawlessness, moral laxity, and brilliance of the era's revolt against Puritan sobriety and dullness.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Harold Wilson\u003c\/b\u003e was professor of English at Ohio State University of author of numerous books, including \u003ci\u003eThe Private Life of Mr. Pepys, All the King's Ladies, Rake and His Times: George Villiers, Second Duke of Buckingham\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003ePreface to Restoration Drama.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 176\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.39 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 05, 1964\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48366801256697,"sku":"9780822983880","price":81.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/x6e5HZnT-d9780822983880.webp?v=1778166238","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/mr-goodman-the-player-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}