- Paperback: 384 pages
- Publisher: Jonathan Cape Ltd (6 May 2010)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 022409100X
- ISBN-13: 978-0224091008
- Product Dimensions: 15.3 x 3.3 x 23.1 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 398,770 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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The Royal Stuarts ruled for over 300 years in Scotland and for a century as the Royal Family of Britain and Ireland. They were leading actors in the foremost political dramas of British history - the Scottish Wars of Independence, the Union of the Crowns, the English Civil War and the Restoration - and remain the most controversial and divisive of royal families. Drawing on the accounts of historians past and present, novels and plays, Allan Massie tells the family's full story, from the salt marshes of Brittany to the thrones of Scotland and England, and then eventual exile. A book which gets beyond the received generalisations, The Royal Stuarts takes us deep into the lives of figures like Mary Queen of Scots, Charles I and Bonnie Prince Charlie, uncovering a family of strong affections and fierce rivalries, the brave and capable, the weak and foolish. Told with panache and pace, adventurous and opinionated, this is a nuanced history of that remarkable family who, for better or worse, shaped British history.
About the Author
Allan Massie is the award-winning author of many novels, including his Roman Quartet, Antony, Augustus, Tiberius and Caesar as well as several works of non-fiction.
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Well researched and interesting (by this I mean that it's not hard to follow and that I can read it at night before I go to sleep - a very important point). It doesn't assume a prior knowledge of Scotland's history either (in the earlier ... prior to 1603 ... chapters) which is good. It reads well on the kindle too ... no nasty genealogical charts with tiny little writing that I need a magnifying glass to see). I ENJOYED reading this book.
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This is a well written book which traces the early Scots' rulers and shows how Mary Queen of Scots son & his heirs came to the English throne.
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