James II (Penguin Monarchs)
James II (Penguin Monarchs)

Author: David Womersley

Publisher: Penguin UK

Published: 2015-04-30

Total Pages: 105

ISBN-13: 0141977078

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'James was a king tragically trapped by principle. Yet was it wise to attempt to change the national religion?' The short reign of James II is generally seen as one of the most catastrophic in British history, ending in his exile after he unsuccessfully tried to convert England to Catholicism, a crisis that would haunt the monarchy for generations. Ultimately, David Womersley's biography shows, James was a man whose blindness to subtlety and political reality brought about his ruinous downfall.

Rebranding Rule
Rebranding Rule

Author: Kevin Sharpe

Publisher: Yale University Press

Published: 2013-06-30

Total Pages: 825

ISBN-13: 0300164912

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In the climactic part of his three-book series exploring the importance of public image in the Tudor and Stuart monarchies, Kevin Sharpe employs a remarkable interdisciplinary approach that draws on literary studies and art history as well as political, cultural, and social history to show how this preoccupation with public representation met the challenge of dealing with the aftermath of Cromwell's interregnum and Charles II's restoration, and how the irrevocably changed cultural landscape was navigated by the sometimes astute yet equally fallible Stuart monarchs and their successors.

Bibliotheca Grenvilliana
Bibliotheca Grenvilliana

Author: Thomas Grenville

Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand

Published: 2024-05-26

Total Pages: 438

ISBN-13: 3385129990

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Reprint of the original, first published in 1842.