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‘A well-written account that reminds us, through vignettes of Thomas Coryate, Inigo Jones, and many others, how lively and promising the period was’, Books of the Year, Theodore K Rabb, TLS
'Fraser paints a striking picture...[this] highly readable book has restored this lost prince to his rightful place in our national memory...It is to be hoped she has also contributed to the necessary task of weaning us off our national addiction to the Tudors. The seventeenth century is a crucial...period of our history' BBC History Magazine
'Fraser...has created an attractive picture of a young man in a hurry...With a strong narrative...Fraser's account of his investiture in June 1610 is one of the highlights of the story...It helps that Fraser is clearly not a little in love with her subject and why not? From all the available accounts Henry was the Prince Charming of his day, a young man who combined physical attributes, notably courage, with a ready wit and a capacity to wear his learning lightly' Glasgow Herald
'Among the larger than life characters of the Tudor and Stuart period, Henry Stuart is often relegated to a ... side player. Here, he gets a whole book dedicated to his story, and it's certainly a tale worth telling. Son of James VI and I, Henry was a key figure in his own right: he created a ... renaissance court of writers and thinkers, and worked to establish a permanent British presence in America ... What he packed into his brief life, and why it should be better remembered, are explored in this compelling, lively biography' History Revealed Magazine
‘The person to whom the public looked for future deliverance was James’s eldest son, Henry, the subject of this compelling and lyrical new biography. Fraser shows how Henry came first to embody the expectations of a nation and then shatter them by dying suddenly from typhoid in 1612, at the age of 18. She manages to distil from Henry’s short life a thorough case study of a crown prince coming of age ... excellent book’ Country Life
Sarah Fraser won the 2012 Saltire First Scottish Book of the Year for her acclaimed debut The Last Highlander, which in 2016 also became a New York Times ebook bestseller. A writer and regular contributor on TV and radio, she has a PhD in obscene Gaelic poetry and lives in the Scottish Highlands. She has four children. Follow Sarah on Twitter: @sarah_fraseruk. And at www.sarahfraser.co.uk where her speaking dates can be found, and regular blogs about the tumultuous Stuart era.
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. THERE IS A BLACK "CLOSEOUT/REMAINDER" MARK ON THE BOTTOM PAGE EDGES. Henry Stuart, Prince of Wales, was once the ope of Britain. Eldest son to James VI of Scotland -- James I of England -- Henry was the epitome of heroic Renaissance princely virtue at the dawn of a century of transformation for Britain. Educated to rule, Henry was interested in everything. His court magnetized artists, musicians, scientists, explorers, and writers, such as Ben Jonson and Inigo Jones. He founded a royal art collection of European breadth, amassed a library of priceless books, led grand renovations of royal palaces and mounted operatic, highly politicized masques. But his ambitions were even greater. He embraced cutting-edge science, funded telescopes and automata, was patron of the Northwest Passage Company, and wanted to sail through the barriers of the known world to explore new continents. He reviewed and modernized Britain's naval and military capacity and in his advocacy for the colonization of North America he helped to transform the world. At his death, aged only eighteen, and considering himself to be as much European as British, he was preparing to stake his claim to be the next leader of Protestant Christendom in the struggle to resist a resurgent militant Catholicism. In this rich and lively book, Sara Fraser seeks to restore Henry to his place in history. Set against the bloody traumas of the Thirty Years' War, the writing of the King James Bible, the Gunpowder Plot, Shakespeare's late plays and the founding of British America, the story of Henry's life is a great Jacobean tale. THERE IS A BLACK "CLOSEOUT/REMAINDER" MARK ON THE BOTTOM PAGE EDGES. WILLIAM COLLINS, HARDCOVER, 1ST EDITION, 1ST PRINTING, 2017 THIS IS A BRAND NEW BOOK. Seller Inventory # 000762
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: New. Henry Stuart, son and heir to King James I and VI, was a model Renaissance prince. Handsome, intelligent and athletic, he funded science and the arts, promoted exploration and modernized the army and navy ? only to die of a mysterious illness at just 18. This biography charts his brief, brilliant life against the turbulent backdrop of the Thirty Years War and the Gunpowder Plot, and speculates how an England ruled by Henry IX could have developed. Seller Inventory # 505343