The last royal rebel : the life and death of James, Duke of Monmouth
Keay, Anna2016
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James, Duke of Monmouth, the adored illegitimate son of Charles II, was born in exile the very year that his grandfather was executed and the English monarchy abolished. Snatched from his mother on his father's orders, James emerged from a childhood in the boarding houses of Rotterdam to command the ballrooms of London, the brothels of Covent Garden and the battlefields of Flanders. For 36 years he would light up the firmament. He inspired delight and disgust, adulation and abhorrence and, in time, love and loyalty almost beyond fathoming. Anna Keay brings to life the warm, courageous and handsome Duke of Monmouth, a man who by his own admission 'lived a very dissolute and irregular life', but who was prepared to risk everything for honour and justice.
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Author:
Keay, Anna, author
Imprint:
London : Bloomsbury, 2016.
Collation:
462 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white, and colour) ; 24 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781408827826 (hbk)
Dewey class:
942.066092942.066092 MON942.066
Language:
English
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BRN:
2310876