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Charles Williams 
James I 
A Biography of a King

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‘The following pages are concerned with James Stuart, and not the history of England except as it affected James Stuart, ‘ writes Williams in his preface. All relevant historical details are woven into this narrative account, however, like his novels, Williams pushes further into the very personality of James. Early chapters cover the alliances, plots, and threats of his Scotland years; latter chapters cover his reign in England, which commenced in 1603. Situated between the executions of his mother (Mary) and his son (Charles I), ‘the curious figure of James stands at the change of the centuries. The splendour of the Renascence homo is becoming the clarity of the seventeenth-century gentleman.’
‘Shakespeare and Bacon were to be his servants; Harvey his physician, Donne his chaplain. He was to be the patron of the great English book that declared the coming of the Prince of Peace, and to see himself as a prince of peace, bringing rest to the afflicted churches and nations. But war in Europe and war in England were to open over his grave; the gossips were to spice their scandalous talk with his name; and afterwards everybody was always to laugh or shudder at him for ever.’
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Dorothy L. Sayers (1893-1957), born and educated in Oxford, was an accomplished novelist, poet, scholar, and Christian apologist. Along with her translations of Dante, her numerous writings include detective stories, radio plays, and studies of the Middle Ages and Renaissance.
Language English ● Format PDF ● Pages 326 ● ISBN 9781725220133 ● File size 59.9 MB ● Publisher Wipf and Stock Publishers ● City Eugene ● Country US ● Published 2008 ● Downloadable 24 months ● Currency EUR ● ID 7593053 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM
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