{"product_id":"queen-james-book-gareth-russell-9780008660857","title":"Queen James","description":"\u003cp\u003e\n            \u003cstrong\u003eA BBC History magazine, Esquire, Historia magazine and Waterstones History Book of the Year\u003c\/strong\u003e\n          \u003c\/p\u003e\n          \u003cp\u003e\n            \u003cstrong\u003e'James comes alive in full flamboyance … Russell expertly weaves the bedchamber gossip into the tapestry of a tumultuous reign' \u003cem\u003eSUNDAY TIMES\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n          \u003c\/p\u003e\n          \u003cp\u003e\n            \u003cstrong\u003e'Brings the backbiting and power struggles of the Jacobean court to life with wit and vigour' \u003cem\u003eOBSERVER\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n          \u003c\/p\u003e\n          \u003cp\u003e\n            \u003cstrong\u003e‘A warts and all story told with compassion’ PHILIPPA GREGORY\u003c\/strong\u003e\n          \u003c\/p\u003e\n          \u003cp\u003e\n            \u003cstrong\u003e\n              \u003cem\u003e_______________________________\u003c\/em\u003e\n            \u003c\/strong\u003e\n          \u003c\/p\u003e\n          \u003cp\u003e\n            \u003cstrong\u003e\n              \u003cem\u003e‘Elizabeth was king,\u003c\/em\u003e\n            \u003c\/strong\u003e\n          \u003c\/p\u003e\n          \u003cp\u003e\n            \u003cstrong\u003e\n              \u003cem\u003eThen James was queen.’ – English author (1603)\u003c\/em\u003e\n            \u003c\/strong\u003e\n          \u003c\/p\u003e\n          \u003cp\u003e\n            \u003cstrong\u003eJames Stuart, King of England, Scotland, and Ireland did not always love wisely, but he never failed to do so boldly.\u003c\/strong\u003e\n          \u003c\/p\u003e\n          \u003cp\u003eHe 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\n          \u003cp\u003eWe know so much about the six wives of Henry VIII, why not the six loves of James I?\u003c\/p\u003e\n          \u003cp\u003eThis 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\n          \u003cp\u003eBeginning 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\n          \u003cp\u003eIt is unquestionably one of the most gripping stories in British history, retold in Gareth Russell’s \u003cem\u003eQueen James\u003c\/em\u003e with scholarship, biographical insight and wit.\u003c\/p\u003e\n          \u003cp\u003e________________________________\u003c\/p\u003e\n          \u003cp\u003e\n            \u003cstrong\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\/strong\u003e\n          \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ GARDNERS","offer_id":51157518352657,"sku":"NGR9780008660857","price":32.89,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":51222998286609,"sku":"GOR014202001","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ LIKE_NEW \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":51859673907473,"sku":"GOR014431575","price":19.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ WELL_READ \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":52324822745361,"sku":"GOR014504406","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52586680385809,"sku":"NLS9780008660857","price":32.89,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":53067481776401,"sku":"GOR014724591","price":34.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":53101807010065,"sku":"CIN0008660859G","price":33.31,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0008660859.jpg?v=1786037281","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/queen-james-book-gareth-russell-9780008660857","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}