James I (Penguin Monarchs) - The Phoenix King

First and foremost, he survived, and that was no mean achievement'' br>br>James''s reign marked one of the rare breaks in England''s monarchy. Already James VI of Scotland, on Elizabeth I''s death he became James I of England and Ireland, uniting the British Isles for the first time and founding the Stuart dynasty. Thomas Cogswell''s dramatic new biography brings James to life as a complex, learned, curious man and, above all, a great survivor.>

Product details

• Authors: Thomas Cogswell, Cogswell Thomas
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.04.2019
• EAN: 9780141989921
• ISBN: 978-0-14-198992-1
• No. of pages: 144
• Dimensions: 111 mm x 181 mm x 8 mm
• Series: Penguin Monarchs; Penguin Monarchs
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Biographies, autobiographies; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical, Biography: historical, political & military, HISTORY / Modern / 17th Century, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Stuart Era (1603-1714), Biography: royalty, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, Biography: historical, political and military, C 1600 To C 1700, 1603–1649 (Jacobean and Early Stuart period)