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The stolen crown : treachery, deceit and the death of the Tudor dynasty / Tracy Borman.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Borman, Tracy, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 1533-1603.
- Elizabeth.
- James I, King of England, 1566-1625.
- James.
- Great Britain--History--James I, 1603-1625.
- Great Britain.
- Great Britain--Kings and rulers--Succession--History--17th century.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- 448 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London : Hodder & Stoughton, 2025.
- Summary:
- Using new research, Tracy Borman's Succession tells the dramatic story of the end of the Tudor dynasty and the rise (and fall) of the Stuarts... 'A powerful tale . . . compelling and brilliant' - ALISON WEIRIn March 1603, Queen Elizabeth I, the last Tudor monarch, lies dying at Richmond Palace. The queen's ministers cluster round her bedside, urging her to name her successor - something she has stubbornly resisted throughout her reign. Almost with her last breath she whispers that James VI of Scotland should succeed her. She dies shortly afterwards and the throne of England passes peacefully from Tudor to Stuart.Or so we've been led to believe . . .But, as enthralling new research shows, this is not what happened. In the years that followed, history was literally re-written on the orders of James VI to hide the truth: Elizabeth went to her grave without formally naming an heir. The notion of an approved succession from Tudors to Stuarts is little more than an elaborately constructed fiction.And so James's rule in England began with a lie - a lie that went on to have devastating consequences. The Stuart regime rapidly descended into turbulence and uncertainty, conspiracy and persecution, witchcraft and gunpowder - culminating in the destruction of the monarchy in the English Civil War.With a combination of rigorous research and brilliant story-telling, Tracy Borman's revealing new book shows that truth and monarchy have always been strange bedfellows . . .
- Other Format:
- ebook version :
- ISBN:
- 9781399732888
- 1399732889
- OCLC:
- 1523443251
- Publisher Number:
- 90102827227
- CIPO000247653
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