James Duke Of Monmouth

Author : Anna Keay
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 140884608X
Total Pages : 481 pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Last Royal Rebel written by Anna Keay and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2016-05-19 with total page 481 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'A superb biography, which paints a vivid picture of the times and of her subject' Daily Telegraph 'Fascinating, compelling, outrageous and ultimately tragic' Simon Sebag Montefiore 'It is the best royal biography I have read in years' A.N. Wilson From the Duff Cooper Prize-winning author of The Restless Republic, a remarkable biography of one of the most intriguing figures of the Restoration era. 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. Such was his appeal that when the monarchy itself came under threat, the cry was for Monmouth to succeed Charles II as king. He inspired both delight and disgust, adulation and abhorrence and, in time, love and loyalty. Louis XIV was his mentor, Nell Gwyn his protector, D'Artagnan his lieutenant, William of Orange his confidant, John Dryden his censor and John Locke his comrade. In The Last Royal Rebel, Anna Keay matches rigorous scholarship with a storyteller's gift to enrapturing effect. She paints a vivid portrait of the warm, courageous and handsome Duke of Monmouth, a man who by his own admission 'lived a very dissolute and irregular life', but who was ultimately prepared to risk everything for honour and justice. His story, culminating in his fateful invasion, provides a sweeping chronicle of the turbulent decades in which England as we know it was forged.

Author : Laura Brennan
Publisher : Pen and Sword
ISBN 13 : 1473894360
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Duke of Monmouth written by Laura Brennan and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2018-05-30 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: He was the illegitimate son of a king, a gallant and brave military hero, charming, handsome and well loved both within the court and with women; James Scott, Duke of Monmouth, had the life many would have envied in the seventeenth century.Monmouth lived in an age that was on the cusp of modernity. He lived through some of the biggest events and scandals of seventeenth century British history, including: the Restoration of his father, King Charles II; The Great Fire of London in 1666 and the last great plague to sweep through London killing thousands.James also experienced the political scandal of the Popish Plot; became embroiled in the foiled Rye House Plot, and was at the centre of the Exclusion Crisis, which was a major catalyst for the modern creation of our party political system.But what would turn the beloved darling of the Restoration court into a leading rebel?

Author : Evelyn Maud Reid Nepean
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book On the Left of a Throne written by Evelyn Maud Reid Nepean and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Bryan Bevan
Publisher : Robert Hale
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book James, Duke of Monmouth written by Bryan Bevan and published by Robert Hale. This book was released on 1973 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Allan Fea
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 522 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book King Monmouth written by Allan Fea and published by . This book was released on 1902 with total page 522 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : George Roberts
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 366 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Life Progresses and Rebellion of James, Duke of Monmouth, to His Capture and Execution written by George Roberts and published by . This book was released on 1844 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : George Roberts
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780656242283
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Life, Progresses, and Rebellion of James, Duke of Monmouth, &C., To His Capture and Execution, Vol. 1 of 2 written by George Roberts and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-10 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Life, Progresses, and Rebellion of James, Duke of Monmouth, &C., To His Capture and Execution, Vol. 1 of 2: With a Full Account of the Bloody Assize, and Copious Biographical Notices These pages, considered in an historical point of view, Will prove of great benefit in after years. They furnish a death-blow to incipient family records. Such a statement requires elu cidation. Some persons, falling into the opposite extreme to that complained of, - a feeling of shame and degradation at any connection with Mon mouth's Rebellion, -begin to be proud of any ancestor that was with the Duke, and are now beginning to set down, in family Bibles, incidents in the life of their forefathers connected with the campaign, the flight, and even at the execution. Some incorrect and confused accounts have been entered. In the church books of Dissenting Meeting-houses. These entries -might pass some years hence for facts, Whereas they are but stories gleaned from traditional accounts of old persons. Tradition, with respect to Monmouth's Rebellion, has become too much obscured to be relied upon. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author : George Roberts
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Life, Progresses, and Rebellion of James, Duke of Monmouth written by George Roberts and published by . This book was released on 1844 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Clare Jackson
Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 0141979771
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Charles II (Penguin Monarchs) written by Clare Jackson and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2016-03-31 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Charles II has always been one of the most instantly recognisable British kings - both in his physical appearance, disseminated through endless portraits, prints and pub signs, and in his complicated mix of lasciviousness, cynicism and luxury. His father's execution and his own many years of exile made him a guarded, curious, unusually self-conscious ruler. He lived through some of the most striking events in the national history - from the Civil Wars to the Great Plague, from the Fire of London to the wars with the Dutch. Clare Jackson's marvellous book takes full advantage of its irrepressible subject.

Author : Peter Earle
Publisher : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Monmouth's Rebels written by Peter Earle and published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson. This book was released on 1977 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Monmouth Rebellion, also known as The Revolt of the West or The West Country rebellion, was an attempt to overthrow James II, who had become King of England, Scotland and Ireland upon the death of his elder brother Charles II on 6 February 1685. James II was a Roman Catholic, and some Protestants under his rule opposed his kingship. James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth, an illegitimate son of Charles II, claimed to be rightful heir to the throne and attempted to displace James II."--Wikipedia.