A Collection of Scarce and Valuable Tracts

A Collection of Scarce and Valuable Tracts
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Total Pages : 664
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ISBN-10 : NWU:35556009527789
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Synopsis A Collection of Scarce and Valuable Tracts by : John Somers Baron Somers

The Murder of King James I

The Murder of King James I
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Publisher : Yale University Press
Total Pages : 659
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ISBN-10 : 9780300217827
ISBN-13 : 030021782X
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Synopsis The Murder of King James I by : Alastair Bellany

A year after the death of James I in 1625, a sensational pamphlet accused the Duke of Buckingham of murdering the king. It was an allegation that would haunt English politics for nearly forty years. In this exhaustively researched new book, two leading scholars of the era, Alastair Bellany and Thomas Cogswell, uncover the untold story of how a secret history of courtly poisoning shaped and reflected the political conflicts that would eventually plunge the British Isles into civil war and revolution. Illuminating many hitherto obscure aspects of early modern political culture, this eagerly anticipated work is both a fascinating story of political intrigue and a major exploration of the forces that destroyed the Stuart monarchy.