{"product_id":"queen-james","title":"Queen James","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'Elizabeth was king,\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThen James was queen.' - English author (1603)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJames Stuart, King of England, Scotland, and Ireland did not always love wisely, but he never failed to do so boldly.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWe know so much about the six wives of Henry VIII, why not the six loves of James I?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis ground-breaking 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt is unquestionably one of the most gripping stories in British history, retold in Gareth Russell's \u003cem\u003eQueen James\u003c\/em\u003e with scholarship, biographical insight and wit.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gareth Russell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49739206131864,"sku":"9780008660895","price":30.9,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0569\/5193\/1032\/files\/Gareth-Russell-Queen-James-Mrs-Blackwell-s-Village-Bookshop-Greytown-NZ.jpg?v=1787638264","url":"https:\/\/villagebookshop.co.nz\/products\/queen-james","provider":"Mrs Blackwell's Village Bookshop Greytown","version":"1.0","type":"link"}