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Genre/Form: | Electronic books |
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Additional Physical Format: | Print version: Brown, Michael James I La Vergne : Birlinn,c2021 |
Material Type: | Document, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Michael Brown |
ISBN: | 9781788853644 1788853644 |
OCLC Number: | 1286429860 |
Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Description: | 1 online resource (230 p.) |
Contents: | Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- List of Illustrations -- Maps and genealogical tables -- Introduction. 'Our Lawgiver King' -- 1 Fortune's Wheel -- 2 The Destruction of the Albany Stewarts -- 3 The Albany Stewart Legacy -- 4 'The King's Rebels in the North Land' -- 5 A Fell, A Farseeing Man': Royal Image and Reality -- 6 'A Tyrannous Prince' -- 7 The Covetous King -- 8 The Assassination of James I -- 9 Tyrant and Martyr: James I and the Stewart Dynasty -- Bibliography -- Index -- Plates |
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'This is an important book, and not only because it is the first full-length biography of James I for nearly sixty years. It is a clearly written and innovative political study, drawn from a deep knowledge of the contemporary documents and chronicles. It gives a challenging, not to say unattractive, picture of a royal thug' - Books in Scotland Read more...

