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Lucy Hughes-Hallett

SCAPEGOAT HB : The Brilliant Brief Life of the Duke of Buckingham...

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Plutarch Award Winner 2024
Duff Cooper Prize Shortlist
Gripping Historical Biography
640 Pages Hardback Edition
Royal Court Intrigue Revealed
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PLUTARCH AWARD FOR THE BEST BIOGRAPHY OF 2024SHORTLISTED FOR THE DUFF COOPER PRIZESUBLIME A NEW STATESMAN BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024STUNNINGLY GOOD THE TIMES BEST HISTORY BOOKS 2024COMPULSIVE A PROSPECT BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024BRILLIANT A SPECTATOR BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024From the winner of the Baillie Gifford Prize, an extraordinary story of the meteoric rise and fall of George Villiers, the first Duke of Buckingham. A delicious, grippingly paced tale of rogues, riotous sex, regicide and realpolitikINDEPENDENT BEST BOOKS FOR CHRISTMASThis is the pageturner that Buckinghams short, racy life deservesDAILY TELEGRAPHVivid, erudite and sympathetic The Scapegoat shows that [HughesHalletts] eye for the seamy realities of an extraordinary life is as sharp as ever THE TIMESLord Buckingham rockets off the page of this gloriously epic, seductively detailed biography OLIVIA LAINGAs King James Is favourite, Buckingham was also his confidant, gatekeeper, righthand man and lover. When Charles I succeeded his father, he was similarly enthralled and made Buckingham his best friend and mentor. A dazzling figure on horseback and a skilful player of the political game, Buckingham rapidly transformed the influence his beauty gave him into immense wealth and power. He became one of the most flamboyant and enigmatic Englishmen at the heart of seventeenthcentury royal and political life.With a novelists touch, Lucy HughesHallett transports us into a courtly world of masques and dancing, exquisite clothes,...

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Binding: Hardback;640 pages; Publisher: Harper Collins Publishers - UK Wholesale Acct; Classification: BGH; Weight: 1172 g; Dimensions: 241 x 164 x 47

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