The Sun Rising: James I and the Dawn of a Global Britain - Couverture rigide

Whitelock, Professor Anna

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1408863510 ISBN 13 : 9781408863510

Editeur : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2025

Synopsis

A panoramic history of the arrival of the Stuarts, and how the reign of King James I saw England reach new corners of the globe

'A majestic, brilliant account of the birth of an empire. Spectacularly good' PETER FRANKOPAN

'With its gripping storytelling combined with historical rigour, The Sun Rising is just the right kind of zesty treatment a neglected period needs. Fresh and fabulous' LUCY WORSLEY

In 1603 England was on the edge of crisis. Queen Elizabeth I had died, bringing the Tudor line to an end.

Enter King James, who reached London after an unprecedented procession from Scotland. James established a new dynasty on the English throne and the first 'united' kingdom of England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales was born. The Stuarts had arrived.

But first, this new 'Great Britain' had to play catch up. England was behind, but James's global ambitions began to shift the tide. As ships departed London for America, Russia, Persia, India and Japan, as the fledgling East India Company began to intertwine ever closer with the crown and as the English began to travel beyond the bounds of their island in greater numbers than ever before, the seeds of the future British Empire were sown.

Long overshadowed by the glory of Elizabeth I and the fatal nadir of Charles I, the reign of the first King of Great Britain is at last told in a new light. Taking in everything from the historic voyage of the Mayflower to the alliance between James and the Persian shah over a joint love of silk, The Sun Rising revolutionises our understanding of the early seventeenth century and the figures that forged a global Britain.

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À propos de l?auteur

Anna Whitelock is a historian, author, broadcaster, and international media commentator on monarchy, public history and heritage, and the Tudors and Stuarts. She is Professor of the History of Monarchy at City St George's, University of London and has written for publications including History Today, the Guardian and the New York Times. Her debut, Mary Tudor, was published to critical acclaim in 2009 and her prize-winning Elizabeth's Bedfellows published in 2014. She lives in Cambridge.

@AnnaWhitelock www.annawhitelock.co.uk

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A panoramic history of the arrival of the Stuarts, and how the reign of King James I saw England reach new corners of the globe.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Bloomsbury Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2025
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1408863510
• ISBN 13: 9781408863510
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 448
• Coordonnées du fabricant: EDITIONS GALLIMARD; ufficio.anagrafiche@meli.it; ; Via Verdi, 8.; Assago Milano; 20090; Italie