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Publication
A&C Black Business Information and Development (2005), 128 pages
Description
This illustrated narrative history charts the major issues and crises of James' turbulent life and reign using little known material, from state papers to personal correspondence, in The National Archives. Triumph and tragedy abound; from his capture and daring escape during the civil wars to his unshakeable commitment to Catholicism which led to his spectacular fall from power after only three years. The wider implications of his personal tragedy range from the Jacobite rebellions of the next sixty years to the growth of parliamentary power and the development of government in the American colonies.
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LibraryThing member lisa.schureman
You have the biography of James II that goes into how the trauma of the English Civil War impacted his character. Under the tutelage of French Marshall Turenne he was serving his military apprenticeship and showed promise until such time that England and France signed a peace treaty depriving him
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of the experience of independent command. His experience was as a military subordinate and then later as his brother, Charles II's, loyal subordinate. His inflexibility in politics, religion, and belief in his kingship as a divine right helped end absolute monarchy in Britain. I loved the full color plates of National Portrait paintings and documents from the National Archive Show Less
Language
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English
ISBN
1903365570 / 9781903365571