The Prince Who Would Be King: The Life and Death of Henry Stuart. Sarah Fraser
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Название: The Prince Who Would Be King: The Life and Death of Henry Stuart

Автор: Sarah Fraser

Издательство: HarperCollins

Жанр: Биографии и Мемуары

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isbn: 9780007548095

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       COPYRIGHT

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      This eBook first published in Great Britain by William Collins in 2017

      Copyright © Sarah Fraser 2017

      Cover image shows detail from Henry, Prince of Wales with Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex in the Hunting Field c. 1605 by Robert Peake (active 1580–1635) Royal Collection Trust/© Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2017

      Sarah Fraser asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work

      Maps by Martin Brown

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      Source ISBN: 9780007548101

      Ebook Edition © May 2017 ISBN: 9780007548095

      Version: 2018-02-13

       DEDICATION

      For my sons, Sandy and Calum

      CONTENTS

       Cover

       Title Page

       Copyright

       Dedication

       House of Stuart Family Tree

       Maps

       Conventions and Style

       Preface: Effigy

       12 Europe Assesses Henry: ‘A prince who promises very much’

       13 The Collegiate Court of St James’s

       14 Money and Empire: ‘O brave new world’

       15 Friends as Tourists and Spies: ‘Traveller for the English wits’

       16 Henry’s Political Philosophy: ‘Most powerful is he who has himself in his own power’

       17 Favourites: ‘The moths and mice of court’

       18 Henry’s Supper Tables: Lumley’s library and tavern wits

       19 Henry’s Foreign Policy: ‘Talk for peace, prepare for war’

       20 Heir of Virginia: ‘There is a world elsewhere’ СКАЧАТЬ