SledujCenu.cz - průvodce online nakupováním

The Mirror of Great Britain - Clare Jackson - diskuze

The Mirror of Great Britain - Clare Jackson
0
0 hodnocení

Výrobce: Penguin

EAN: 9780241611272

Výrobní číslo: 9780241611272

A major reassessment of one of Britain’s most important monarchs'After finishing this beguiling book, there seems no point in reading anything else. It’s the quintessence of James; rather like his big brain, it flows everywhere and is impossible to contain. In research, analysis and imagination, it’s a masterpiece... In [Jackson's] mirror one views a life perfectly rendered — complete, complex and awe-inspiring' - Gerard de Groot, The TimesJames VI & I, who died 400 years ago, was one of Britain’s most consequential and interesting monarchs, not least in creating the British monarchy itself by joining the English and Scottish thrones. A major intellectual, James's preoccupations ranged from witchcraft and theological controversy to hunting, diplomacy, poetry and sartorial fashion. The 'Mirror of Great Britain' was a spectacular jewel that gave symbolic endorsement to James's vision of British union, but mirrors themselves — with their limitless capacity to magnify, illuminate and distort — supplied James with one of his favourite literary metaphors. Ruler of Scotland for nearly four decades before his accession to the English throne in 1603, James was a ‘cradle king’ whose long reigns encompassed extraordinary dramas, including his abduction in the ‘Ruthven Raid’ in 1582 and his attempted assassination in the Gunpowder Plot of 1605. In his lifetime, James often confounded contemporaries’ expec

Cena 1 155 Kč v 1 obchodě

Dotazy, recenze a diskuze k The Mirror of Great Britain - Clare Jackson

Přidat dotaz

Přidat rezenci, hodnocení

Přidat dotaz

Přidat rezenci, hodnocení

  • Související položky