The king's assassin : the fatal affair of George Villiers and James I
Woolley, Benjamin2017
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The rise of George Villiers from minor gentry to royal power seemed to defy gravity. Becoming gentleman of the royal bedchamber in 1615, the young gallant enraptured James, Britain's first Stuart king, royal adoration reaching such an intensity that the king declared he wanted the courtier to become his 'wife'. For a decade, Villiers was at the king's side - at court, on state occasions and in bed, right up to James's death in March 1625. Almost immediately, Villiers' many enemies accused him of poisoning the king. A parliamentary investigation was launched, and scurrilous pamphlets and ballads circulated London's streets. But the charges came to nothing. Now, new historical scholarship suggests that a deadly combination of hubris and vulnerability did indeed drive Villiers to kill the man who made him. Benjamin Wooley examines this remarkable, even tragic story.
Main title:
The king's assassin : the fatal affair of George Villiers and James I / Benjamin Woolley.
Author:
Woolley, Benjamin, author
Imprint:
London : Macmillan, 2017.
Collation:
342 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 24 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781509837069 (hbk)9781509837076 (ePub ebook)
Dewey class:
941'.061'092
Language:
English
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BRN:
275402
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