- Paperback: 356 pages
- Publisher: Coronet; New Ed edition (15 April 1993)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0340586982
- ISBN-13: 978-0340586983
- Product Dimensions: 17.5 x 10.4 x 3.6 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 432,205 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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James the First of Scots was an extraordinary man: poet, thinker warrior, athlete and statesman.
And prisoner - for he was held captive for almost half his adult life.
He possessed that fatal Stewart capacity to arouse both love and hatred; to attract both undying loyalty and the darkest treachery. His romance with the proud English beauty Joanna Beaufort is one of the great love stories of history, and the love for him of Catherine Douglas, one of the most poignant.
In this compelling novel, Nigel Tranter vividly recreates the turbulent life of a remarkable man and the troubled times in which he lived.
About the Author
One of Scotland`s best-loved authors, Nigel Tranter wrote over ninety novels on Scottish history. He died at the age of ninety on 9 January 2000.
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A caged lion let free, King James I
21 Mar 2006
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Tranter brings us life in medieval Scotland through the eyes of the Stewart King James I. As a seven year old boy he was the second son of the weak King Robert III. His older brother, David, Duke of Rothesay challenges, his uncle Robert, Duke of Albany for Governor of Scotland and fails, imprisoned and starved to death. James is now heir to the throne is spirited away on a ship to France and safety when he is captured by the English and spends the next 18 years in captivity or as an honored guest of King Henry IV and V of England. Truly a caged lion he learns his business of Kingship and war via the English and returns to Scotland the student of the Kings of England rather than the successor of the last two Kings of Scotland. He begins to right the wrongs of misrule by his Uncle Albany and his house. Ultimately executing them for Treason. He then wins over most of the Scottish nobility long unused to a strong monarch and even subdues the Lord of the Isles and Highlands for a time. Once he believes his house of Scotland is in order he turns his energy on Roxburgh and trying to rid Scotland of the English, when he is murdered in a plot by the last of his royal Uncle's Walter, Earl of Atholl and grandson Robert. He then leaves a vengeful Queen and 6 year old King in the turmoil. A promising King who could have taken Scotland far, cut short by greedy kin and ruthless self centered nobles. What could have been had he lived? A true descendant worthy of Robert the Bruce cut down in his prime. Nigel Tranter weaves a wonderful tale of despair, hope, victory, love, hate and ultimate tragedy. A wonderful book and great addition to any Tranter collection.
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Well Told History
30 Oct 2009
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The book was well-written and certainly well researched. It kept my interest but I probably would have preferred less detail about his captive years and more detail about his years as active King of Scotland. I was not prepared for it to end so abruptly.
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