By Pauline Gregg
"A high-quality book...so evidently the fruit of committed labour...there is every thing to get pleasure from in it."--The manhattan instances. A sympathetic biography of the guy who was once correct on the middle of all of the struggles within the seventeenth century--and a completely researched historical past that reads just like the mystery it really is. Written in a daring and evocative kind, this engrossing quantity weaves a unprecedented tale of a sickly baby who grew to become a king, and lived surrounded by means of rumor and intrigue and infamous friendships. The notorious tragedy unfolds with such glowing insights and poignancy you will suppose as though you have been correct there while the awl fell upon this unlucky king.
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Like Henry, he enjoyed the society and conversation of travellers and scholars, being naturally a good listener. But he was slow, and his stammer hampered him. Because he took a long time to reach a conclusion he was all the more tenacious in holding it when reached, and the taint of obstinacy was the result. Like his brother, Charles was part Puritan, part Renaissance Prince. He took his devotions seriously, he led a life which, in contrast to that of his parents and of the Court, was orderly.
At the same time he was attracted to the role of leader of a Protestant Europe, and his chief problem in foreign affairs was how to combine the two roles. His natural allies were the Dutch, who were still fighting doggedly for their independence from Spain. James had to achieve peace with Spain without appearing to desert these fellow Protestants. It was a situation he felt he could deal with by holding a balance as he had done between warring families in Scotland. The peace with Spain, which he concluded in 1604, and a twelve-year truce between Spain and the Northern Provinces of Holland were good beginnings.
Long after the doctors had opened the body and head and reported upon the condition of the organs, Henry's coffin remained in his black-draped bedchamber at St James's Palace. There it was watched by relays of ten servants, day and night, for four weeks while, according to custom, his effigy was made and placed on top of the coffin apparelled as he had been at his inauguration as Prince of Wales, with a crown on his head, his George, the insignia of the Garter, round his neck, and his golden staff in his right hand.