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The King's Assassin
- The Fatal Affair of George Villiers and James I
Engelsk
Bogcover for The King's Assassin af Benjamin Woolley, 9781509837083
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Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
368
ISBN-13:
9781509837083
Indbinding:
Paperback
ISBN-10:
1509837086
Udg. Dato:
8 mar 2018
Størrelse i cm:
19,6 x 13,0 x 2,4
Forlag:
Oplagsdato:
8 mar 2018
Forfatter(e):

The King's Assassin

- The Fatal Affair of George Villiers and James I
Engelsk
Paperback 2018
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Now a major TV series, Mary & George, starring Julianne Moore and Nicholas Galitzine.

The King’s Assassin is the scandalous story of George Villiers, lover – and murderer – of King James I.

The rise of George Villiers from minor gentry to royal power seemed to defy gravity. Becoming gentleman of the royal bedchamber in 1615, the young gallant enraptured James, Britain’s first Stuart king, royal adoration reaching such an intensity that the king declared he wanted the courtier to become his ‘wife’. For a decade, Villiers was at the king’s side – at court, on state occasions and in bed, right up to James’s death in March 1625.

Almost immediately, Villiers’ many enemies accused him of poisoning the king. A parliamentary investigation was launched, but the charges came to nothing, and were relegated to a historical footnote.

Now, new historical scholarship suggests that a deadly combination of hubris and vulnerability did indeed drive Villiers to kill the man who made him. It may have been by accident, but there is compelling evidence that Villiers, overcome by ambition and frustrated by James’s passive approach to government, poisoned him.

In The King’s Assassin, acclaimed author Benjamin Wooley examines this remarkable, even tragic story. Combining vivid characterization and a strong narrative with historical scholarship and forensic investigation, Woolley tells the story of King James’s death, and of the captivating figure at its centre. What emerges is a compelling portrait of a royal favourite whose charisma overwhelmed those around him and, ultimately, himself.

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Specifikationer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
368
ISBN-13:
9781509837083
Indbinding:
Paperback
ISBN-10:
1509837086
Udg. Dato:
8 mar 2018
Størrelse i cm:
19,6 x 13,0 x 2,4
Forlag:
Oplagsdato:
8 mar 2018
Forfatter(e):
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