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Introduction : monarchical exile / Philip Mansel and Torsten Riotte / A queen mother in exile : Marie de Médicis in the Spanish Netherlands and England, 1631-41 / Toby Osborne -- Gender, exile and The Hague courts of Elizabeth, Queen of Bohemia and Mary, Princess of Orange in the 1650s / Ann Hughes and Julie Sanders -- A life in exile : Charles VI (1685-1740) between Spain and Austria / William O'Reilly -- Emigrated or exiled? : Francis Rákóczi II and his exile in France and Turkey / Ferenc Tóth -- 'The Shadow of a King?' : aspects of the exile of King Charles II / Anna Keay -- Exile or homecoming? : Henrietta Maria in France, 1644-1669 / Karen Britland -- Monarchy and exile : the political activities of an exiled royal court and the role played by its Irish courtiers / John Cronin -- The extended exile of James III / Edward Corp -- From exile to the throne : the Europeanisation of Louis XVIII / Philip Mansel -- Napoleon on Elba : an exile of consent / Peter Hicks -- The politics of waiting : the imperial couple Napoleon III and Eugénie / Heidi Mehrkens -- The Bourbons of Naples in exile / Guy Stair Sainty -- 'To my loyal Saxons!' : King Johann in exile, 1866 / James Retallack -- Hanoverian exile and Prussian governance : King George V of Hanover and his successor in Austria, 1866-1913 / Torsten Riotte -- The unicorn in winter : Kaiser Wilhelm II in exile in the Netherlands, 1918-1941 / John C.G. Röhl

This book examines, for the first time, the history of the social, cultural, political and economic presence of the French in London, and explores the multiple ways in which this presence has contributed to the life of the city. The capital has often provided a place of refuge, from the Huguenots in the 17th century, through the period of the French Revolution, to various exile communities during the 19th century, and on to the Free French in the Second World War. It also considers the generation of French citizens who settled in post-war London, and goes on to provide insights into the contemporary French presence by assessing the motives and lives of French people seeking new opportunities in the late 20th and early 21st centuries. It analyses the impact that the French have had historically, and continue to have, on London life in the arts, gastronomy, business, industry and education, manifest in diverse places and institutions from the religious to the political via the educational, to the commercial and creative industries.