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The Stuarts [Illustrated] (Hardcover)

by John Miller (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 320 pages
  • Publisher: Hambledon Continuum; illustrated edition edition (1 Dec 2003)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1852854324
  • ISBN-13: 978-1852854324
  • Product Dimensions: 23.9 x 16 x 2.9 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
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Biography; When in 1603 King James VI of Scotland succeeded Elizabeth on the throne of England, as James I, the Stuarts became the first dynasty to rule the three British kingdoms - England, Scotland and Ireland. The problems that James and his son, Charles I, encountered in ruling their very disparate kingdoms led to tensions and revolts in Scotland, Ireland and finally England, culminating in civil wars in all three kingdoms and Charles I's execution in 1649. After a decade without a king, in which a Republic was followed by Cromwell's Protectorate, Charles II was restored and, after surviving several political crises, died peacefully in his bed. His brother, James II, alienated political support in all three kingdoms even more quickly and comprehensively than his father had done, and had to flee abroad after an invasion by his nephew (and son-in-law) William III. Following William's death, James's daughter Anne presided over a period of victory on the Continent but bitter political and religious conflict at home. Her death without an heir in 1714 brought in the Hanoverians. In The Stuarts, John Miller examines both the individual monarchs who made up this remarkable line and the

About the Author
JOHN MILLER is Professor of History at Queen Mary College, University of London, and author of biographies of Charles II and James II.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Boldly undertaken and well delivered., 3 Jun 2008
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I was not educated on this period of history at school, so I have no preconceptions; apart from of course some passing anecdotal information about the battles of the Civil War, Cromwell, Charles and his misplaced head, and - I think - a bit about William of Orange. But how that fed into the fabric of modern Britain, how this shaped our constitutional monarchy, how we ended up being governed by groups called Whigs and Tories, how we became a "United Kingdom", how we became, however accidentally, Protestant, was anything but clear. Miller attempts to cover the century or so of Stuart Dynasty rule, and in doing so covers many of these questions. Other questions, most notably how on earth did such a traditionally peaceable (at least at home) nation descend inconsolably into armed civil conflict, are also covered in depth, but even Miller has to hedge his bets on a summary of the causes - for me this remains something of a historical debate.
It started in 1603 when, without a suitable successor, the death of Queen Elizabeth saw the end of the Plantagenate rulers; the closest thing to a familial link (through Henry VIII sister Margaret's marriage to James IV of Scotland) was James VI, who then became ruler of England and Scotland, (he coined the term Great Britain) as James I of England, heralding the start of the Stuart dynasty. It was in the reign of his son, Charles I, where much of our history of the 17th century tends to be focused. Miller covers this in detail, but does not overdo it - indeed this account leaves, for me at least, several questions unanswered. The Cromwellian Republican interlude, Charles II, brother James II and his son-in-law William (who effectively deposed him) are presented thoughtfully, with insight and without losing any of the reader's interest.
Where I have to admit I rather struggled here is, in my ignorance, I wasn't clear where the Stuarts ended . As it was this was with Anne, who died without an heir in 1714, and the Prostestant-at-all-costs, George, a dyed-in-the-wool German, hurriedly ushered in. However while the ruling house changed hands then, the cultural or social history does not abruptly or conveniently end there. The continuing Jacobite dissention, which ran for a good few decades longer, creates an inextricable link that - for my money - it would have been appropriate to at least have a suitable "and beyond" chapter.
Having said that, Miller's book is nothing if not ambitious - squeezing a century of detail into a relatively short space, especially given the scope of change being described. This he achieves with a deftness of prose and lucid descriptions, and is comfortably the best account of the period I have read, and is a fantastic introduction to this important époque.
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