Description
James, Duke of Monmouth, the favoured illegitimate son of Charles II, was born in exile the year his grandfather Charles I was executed and the English monarchy abolished. Abducted from his mother on his father's orders, he emerged from a childhood in the backstreets of Rotterdam to command the ballrooms of Paris, the brothels of Covent Garden and the battlefields of Flanders. His story, culminating in his fateful invasion, provides a sweeping chronicle of the turbulent decades in which England as we know it was forged.
Details
  • Author: Keay, Anna
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Ltd
  • Format: Paperback
  • Publication Date: 01/05/2017
  • ISBN: 9781408845936
  • B-Code: B035547
  • Pages: 462
  • Dimensions: 198x129mm
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