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The Royal Stuarts: A History of the Family That Shaped Britain (Hardback)
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Short Description for The Royal StuartsThe 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. This book tells the family's full story, from the salt marshes of Brittany to the thrones of Scotland and England, and then eventual exile.
Full description- Publisher: Jonathan Cape Ltd
- Published: 06 May 2010
- Format: Hardback 384 pages
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- Categories: British & Irish History | Early Modern History: C 1450/1500 To C 1700
- ISBN 13: 9780224080644 ISBN 10: 0224080644
- Sales rank: 258,666
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Full description for The Royal Stuarts
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 our history and made our country what it is.
