The Cradle King: The Life of James VI and I, the First Monarch of a United Great Britain
- ISBN-10
- 0312274882
- ISBN-13
- 9780312274887
- Series
- The Cradle King
- Category
- Biography & Autobiography
- Pages
- 438
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2003-12-16
- Publisher
- Macmillan
- Author
- Alan Stewart
Description
A portrait of King James, the first monarch of a united Britain and the son of Mary Queen of Scots, discusses his violence-marked childhood, establishment of Protestantism as the official state religion, commission of the King James Bible, and aggressive assertion of the Divine Right of Kings. 25,000 first printing.
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