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Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"An absorbing account of the conspiracy to kill King James I by his handsome lover, the Duke of Buckingham, an historical crime that has remained hidden for 400 years. The rise of George Villiers from minor gentry to royal power seemed to defy gravity. Becoming gentleman of the royal bedchamber in 1615, the young gallant enraptured James, Britain's first Stuart king, royal adoration reaching such an intensity that the king declared he wanted the courtier...
Author
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
A history of the end of the Elizabethan age chronicles the reign of James, the son of Mary Queen of Scots, who united the kingdoms of England and Scotland under a single crown, documenting the contentious birth of the Stuart dynasty.
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Description
A portrait of King James, the first monarch of a united Britain and the son of Mary, Queen of Scots, discusses his violence-marked childhood, establishment of Protestantism as the official state religion, and commission of the King James Bible.
7) James I
Author
Publisher
Chelsea House Publishers
Pub. Date
[1988]
Language
English
Description
A biography of the son of Mary, Queen of Scots, who was the first Stuart king of England, the sponsor of what is known as the King James Version of the Bible, and the monarch responsible for the migration of the Puritans to America in 1620.
11) The poison bed
Author
Publisher
Pegasus Crime
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"A spellbinding thriller set in the Jacobean Court of 1615 surrounding a famed couple imprisoned on suspicion of murder--but was it Lord Robert or Lady Frances who committed the crime?" --amazon.com.