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King James VI of Scotland and I of England (Hardcover)

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Concentrating on the man as well as the king, this is a portrait of James, only son of Mary Queen of Scots and her consort, Lord Darnley. James passed the first 12 years of his dramatic life at Stirling Castle, where he was crowned King of Scotland when scarcely 13 months old, his mother having been forced to abdicate. He became a brilliant Latin scholar, but his lonely boyhood and his friendship with a succession of attractive favourites were to influence his later life. The book discusses James's enigmatic and controversial relations with his ill-fated mother, his marriage to a Danish princess, his authorship of many books, his extensive knowledge of witchcraft, and his life-long wish to be acknowledged as successor to Elizabeth I. It traces how, after reigning for 36 years, he eventually became a successful King of Scotland, and how in England his reign of 22 years was marked by a love of peace and hatred of war. It was his initiative that inspired the translation of the Authorized Version of the Bible, and his far-seeing advocacy that encouraged the intimate union of his native country with England.

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