{"product_id":"9780008660895","title":"Queen James : The Life and Loves of Britain’s First King","description":"Author(s): Russell, Gareth, \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 12\/02\/2026,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 496 pages,\u003cbr\u003e Series: N\/A, \u003cbr\u003eImprint: William Collins,\u003cbr\u003e Published By: HarperCollins Publishers,\u003cbr\u003e Book Classification: United Kingdom, Great Britain,\u003cbr\u003e Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 34\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\/EAN\/SKU: 9780008660895\u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003eA BBC History magazine, Esquire, Historia magazine and Waterstones History Book of the Year\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  'James comes alive in full flamboyance … Russell expertly weaves the bedchamber gossip into the tapestry of a tumultuous reign' SUNDAY TIMES\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  'Brings the backbiting and power struggles of the Jacobean court to life with wit and vigour' OBSERVER\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  ‘A warts and all story told with compassion’ PHILIPPA GREGORY\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  ‘Elizabeth was king,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Then James was queen.’ – English author (1603)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  James Stuart, King of England, Scotland, and Ireland did not always love wisely, but he never failed to do so boldly.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  He fell in love three times – with a Scottish lord, a knight and George Villiers, ‘the handsomest man in the whole world’. He was infatuated three more times – with a Highland earl, a Welsh lord and an English spy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e We know so much about the six wives of Henry VIII, why not the six loves of James I?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e This groundbreaking new book puts James – genius, liar, spendthrift, idealist, witch-hunter – and the men he loved at the centre of one of the most dramatic stories in British royal history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Beginning with the brutal and mysterious murder of his father in 1567, James’s life encompassed kidnapping, witchcraft trials, torture, his mother’s beheading, poison, political radicalism, religious fundamentalism, a queen’s alleged abortion, passionate sex, strong love, stronger hate, espionage, brothels, and a decade-long love affair that ended in assassination.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e It is unquestionably one of the most gripping stories in British history, retold in Gareth Russell’s Queen James with scholarship, biographical insight and wit.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  'Books like this don't come along very often. Told with Gareth Russell's characteristic verve and exquisite eye for detail, it is a story so compelling and surprising that it feels as if it has been hiding in plain sight for 400 years. A stunning achievement and a must for history fans everywhere' TRACY BORMAN\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Russell, Gareth","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56548454334850,"sku":"9780008660895","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0568\/2180\/9347\/files\/9780008660895.jpg?v=1775908996","url":"https:\/\/mountfloridabooks.com\/products\/9780008660895","provider":"Mount Florida Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}