{"product_id":"queen-james-9780008660895","title":"Queen James","description":"\u003cp\u003e'Elizabeth was king,\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThen James was queen.' - English author (1603)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJames Stuart, King of England, Scotland, and Ireland did not always love wisely, but he never failed to do so boldly.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe fell in love three times - with a Scottish lord, a knight and George Villiers, 'the handsomest man in the whole world'. He was infatuated three more times - with a Highland earl, a Welsh lord and an English spy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe know so much about the six wives of Henry VIII, why not the six loves of James I?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis groundbreaking new book puts James - genius, liar, spendthrift, idealist, witch-hunter - and the men he loved at the centre of one of the most dramatic stories in British royal history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBeginning with the brutal and mysterious murder of his father in 1567, James's life encompassed kidnapping, witchcraft trials, torture, his mother's beheading, poison, political radicalism, religious fundamentalism, a queen's alleged abortion, passionate sex, strong love, stronger hate, espionage, brothels, and a decade-long love affair that ended in assassination.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is unquestionably one of the most gripping stories in British history, retold in Gareth Russell's Queen James with scholarship, biographical insight and wit.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gareth Russell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48844371853563,"sku":"9780008660895","price":30.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0806\/8176\/3067\/files\/9780008660895.webp?v=1778220910","url":"https:\/\/aureliabooks.co.nz\/products\/queen-james-9780008660895","provider":"Aurelia Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}