The King's Assassin: The Fatal Affair of George Villiers and James I - Couverture souple

Woolley, Benjamin

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1509837086 ISBN 13 : 9781509837083

Editeur : Pan Books, 2018

Synopsis

Now a major TV series, Mary & George, starring Julianne Moore and Nicholas Galitzine.

The King’s Assassin is the scandalous story of George Villiers, lover – and murderer – of King James I.

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, but the charges came to nothing, and were relegated to a historical footnote.

Now, new historical scholarship suggests that a deadly combination of hubris and vulnerability did indeed drive Villiers to kill the man who made him. It may have been by accident, but there is compelling evidence that Villiers, overcome by ambition and frustrated by James’s passive approach to government, poisoned him.

In The King’s Assassin, acclaimed author Benjamin Wooley examines this remarkable, even tragic story. Combining vivid characterization and a strong narrative with historical scholarship and forensic investigation, Woolley tells the story of King James’s death, and of the captivating figure at its centre. What emerges is a compelling portrait of a royal favourite whose charisma overwhelmed those around him and, ultimately, himself.

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À propos de l'auteur

Benjamin Woolley is an author and broadcaster whose work covers subjects ranging from the origins of virtual reality to the history of colonial America. His books have been translated into German, Italian, Spanish, Japanese and Chinese, and his documentaries broadcast across the world.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Pan Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1509837086
• ISBN 13: 9781509837083
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 368
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Carp Zoom; commercial@autainpeche.fr; ; 287 impasse de Beaulin; Dissay; La Vienne; 86130; France