James I (Penguin Monarchs) : The Phoenix King

Author: Cogswell, Thomas

United Kingdom, Great Britain

Published on 25 April 2019 by Penguin Books Ltd in the United Kingdom as part of 'the Penguin Monarchs' series.

'First and foremost, he survived, and that was no mean achievement' James's reign marked one of the rare breaks in England's monarchy. Already James VI of Scotland, on Elizabeth I's death he became James I of England and Ireland, uniting the British Isles for the first time and founding the Stuart dynasty. Thomas Cogswell's dramatic new biography brings James to life as a complex, learned, curious man and, above all, a great survivor.