The Cradle King: The Life of James VI and I, The First Monarch of a United Great Britain
A Nonfiction, Research, British Literature book. A thorough biography of a compelling, often puzzling character.
As the son of Mary Queen of Scots, born into her 'bloody nest,' James had the most precarious of childhoods. Even before his birth, his life was threatened: it was rumored that his father, Henry, had tried to make the pregnant Mary miscarraige by forcing her to witness the assasination of her supposed lover, David Riccio. By the time James was a one-year-old, Henry was murdered, possibly with the connivance of his mother, Mary was in exile in England and he was King of Scotland. By the age of five, he had experienced three different regents as...
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- Pages: 448 pages
- ISBN: 9780312274887 / 312274882
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Interesting insight into James I. For background a good complementary read is "After Elizabeth..." by Leanda de lisle. A gift from my cooperating teacher and my students. A thorough biography of a compelling, often puzzling character.