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Lord Chancellor to #JamesI, how did the favourite fall prey to the growing power of the #HouseofLords?
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#WhatWereReading : Joe found Professor Anna Whitelock's The Sun Rising (pub Bloomsbury) to be a fascinating insight into the change from the Elizabethan to Stewart period, laying foundations for a more global Britain afterwards (for good & ill!).
Less a biography of James, more about the world changing around him, at home and abroad (in a seemingly ever expanding world as ships explore more and more of the globe), and how he and those around him react or change to those.
Now in PB
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Queen James explores the dramatic life of James I, focusing on his six passionate love affairs with men, including George Villiers. The book delves into his tumultuous reign, marked by murder, witch trials, political intrigue, and a decade-long love affair that ended in assassination. Gareth Russell blends history, wit, and biography to retell this gripping royal story.
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See you, Jimmy !
You wait ages for a good history book on James VI & I, then three come along at the same time.
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#WhatWereReading : Joe is finding Prof Anna Whitelock's The Sun Rising absolutely fascinating. James VI & I & the foundations of a later, global Britain; #History with lessons pertinent to today's world.
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#LunchtimeReading : starting The Sun Rising by Prof Anna Whitelock.
Confused our poor Bloomsbury Books rep when he told us they had a new book about James I, and I asked which, Jimmy I, or Jimmy VI & I? 😋
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“It is difficult to picture the rich, hard-nosed advisors of James I being overly concerned about the rights of vagabonds and felons. But this was a period that was especially suspicious of arbitrary acts by the Crown against individuals. There was no law enabling the crown to exile anyone, including the baser convict, into forced labour. According to legal scholars, the Magna Carta itself protected even them. The Privy Councillors therefore dressed up what was to befall the convicts and presented the decree authorising their transportation as an act of royal mercy. The convicts were to be reprieved from death in exchange for accepting transportation.” (p. 71)
― Don Jordan and Michael Walsh, "White Cargo: The Forgotten History of Britain's White Slaves in America" (2007)
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(to be continued) 🧶
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"The show, starring Julianne Moore, Nicholas Galitzine, and Tony Curran, is described as 'a dangerously daring historical psychodrama about an outrageous mother and son who schemed, seduced, and killed to conquer the court of England and the bed of King James.'"
True-Life Gay Monarchy Series Coming to TV
https://www.out.com/gay-tv-shows/mary-and-george-nicholas-galitzine#rebelltitem5 via "Out"
Photo: Hera Pictures/Sky Studios
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One blog has been our most-read blog for the past 3 years... James I and the duke of Buckingham: love, power and betrayal! Dr Paul Hunneyball explores the duke of Buckingham’s position at court and his relationship with James I. Have you read it yet? #LGBTHM http://ow.ly/Ccfl50MyIkZ
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