Alan Stewart

The Cradle King: The Life of James VI and I, The First Monarch of a United Great Britain (2003)

James (VI or I, depending on your perspective) was very much a King of two reigns - his first as King of Scotland and his second as King of a somewhat less-than-united England and Scotland. In the same vein this book is very much one of two halves. The first half of the book is almost entirely ab...