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The Mirror of Great Britain : A Life of James VI & I Hardback Book
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A major reassessment of one of Britains most important monarchsA Financial Times History Book of the Year 2025A Times Best Book of the Year 2025A History Today Best Book of the Year 2025A Royal Academy Magazine Best Book of the Year 2025After finishing this beguiling book, there seems no point in reading anything else... In research, analysis and imagination, its a masterpiece Gerard de Groot, The TimesJames VI & I, who died 400 years ago, was one of Britains most consequential and interesting monarchs, not least in creating the British monarchy itself by joining the English and Scottish thrones. A major intellectual, Jamess 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 Jamess 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 expectations while his posthumous reputation has been distorted by crude stereotypes.Closely attentive to Jamess own words in numerous...
Binding: Hardback;368 pages; Publisher: TBS-Penguin Random House Wholesale; Classification: BGH; Weight: 1096 g; Dimensions: 167 x 241 x 38
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A major reassessment of one of Britains most important monarchsA Financial Times History Book of the Year 2025A Times Best Book of the Year 2025A History Today Best Book of the Year 2025A Royal Academy Magazine Best Book of the Year 2025After finishing this beguiling book, there seems no point in reading anything else... In research, analysis and imagination, its a masterpiece Gerard de Groot, The TimesJames VI & I, who died 400 years ago, was one of Britains most consequential and interesting monarchs, not least in creating the British monarchy itself by joining the English and Scottish thrones. A major intellectual, Jamess 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 Jamess 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 expectations while his posthumous reputation has been distorted by crude stereotypes.Closely attentive to Jamess own words in numerous...
Binding: Hardback;368 pages; Publisher: TBS-Penguin Random House Wholesale; Classification: BGH; Weight: 1096 g; Dimensions: 167 x 241 x 38
Extended returns Orders placed after 29th October 2026 can be returned until 5th January 2027
Something not quite right? You have 21 days from the day you receive it, to send something back. When you purchase Debenhams Deliver+, you will have an extra 14 days on top of our standard 21-day window to initate a return.
Please note, we cannot offer refunds on fashion face masks, cosmetics, pierced jewellery, adult toys, and swimwear or lingerie if the hygiene seal is not in place or has been broken.
Items of footwear and/or clothing must be unworn and unwashed with the original labels attached. Also, footwear must be tried on indoors. Items of homeware including bedlinen, mattresses, and toppers, and pillows must be unused and in their original unopened packaging. This does not affect your statutory rights.
Click here to view our full Returns Policy.
Clare Jackson
The Mirror of Great Britain : A Life of James VI & I Hardback Book
“Refund was approved and back in my account the same day.” - Deliver+ customer
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