Synopsis
The important role of the Navy, during the reign of Charles II.
- Programme: The Stuarts
- Episode: A Family at War
- Channel: BBC Four
- Broadcast year: 2014
- History | Restoration England, 1660-1685 | Restoration England | Land, trade and war
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