The Duke Of Monmouth

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 : 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 : Allan Fea
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 516 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( 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 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Gerald Griffin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Duke of Monmouth written by Gerald Griffin and published by . This book was released on 1837 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Anna Keay
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1632865246
Total Pages : 481 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Last Royal Rebel written by Anna Keay and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2016-05-24 with total page 481 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The absorbing tale of how this legendary rogue became the champion of parliamentary monarchy and changed the course of English history. At first light on July 6, 1685, the last battle ever fought on English soil was almost over. On one side of the watery pasture at Sedgemoor was the dashing thirty-six-year-old Duke of Monmouth, the charismatic son of Charles II, adored by the people. A reformer, a romantic, and a Protestant, he was fighting the army he had once commanded, in opposition to his uncle, King James II. Yet even before he launched his attack, Monmouth knew he would die. Born in the backstreets of Rotterdam in the year his grandfather Charles I was executed, Monmouth was the child of a turbulent age. His mother, the first of Charles II's famous liaisons, played courtesan to the band of raw and restless young royalists forced abroad by the changing political current. Conceived during a revolution and born into a republic, Monmouth, by the time he was twelve, was the sensation of the most licentious and libertine court in Europe. Adored by the king and drenched in honors, he became the greatest rake and reprobate of the age. On his path to becoming "the last royal rebel," Monmouth consorted with a spectacular list of contemporaries: Louis XIV was his mentor, William of Orange his confidant, Nell Gwyn his friend, the future Duke of Marlborough his pupil, D'Artagnan his lieutenant, John Dryden his censor, and John Locke his comrade. Anna Keay expertly chronicles Monmouth's life and offers splendid insight into this crucial and dramatic period in English history.

Author : W. MacDonald Wigfield
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Monmouth Rebellion written by W. MacDonald Wigfield and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The 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.

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.

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 : Gerald Griffin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 423 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Duke of Monmouth written by Gerald Griffin and published by . This book was released on 1850 with total page 423 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: