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Russel, Gareth - Queen James

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Russel, Gareth - Queen JamesQueen James: A New History About the Life and Loves of Britains First King, James Stuart Author: Gareth Russel Genre: History, Adult, Non Fiction, Biography Pages: 478 Publisher: William Collins Release Date: May 21, 2026 Format: Paperback Size (in cm): 19. 8 (height) x 12. 8 (width) x 3 (depth) ISBN: 9780008660895 Synopsis: Elizabeth was king, Then James was queen. English author (1603) James Stuart, King of England, Scotland, and Ireland did not

Queen James: A New History About the Life and Loves of Britain’s First King, James Stuart

Author: Gareth Russel

Genre: History, Adult, Non Fiction, Biography

Pages: 478

Publisher: William Collins

Release Date: May 21, 2026

Format: Paperback

Size (in cm): 19.8 (height) x 12.8 (width) x 3 (depth)

ISBN: 9780008660895

Synopsis:

‘Elizabeth was king,

Then James was queen.’ – English author (1603)

James Stuart, King of England, Scotland, and Ireland did not always love wisely, but he never failed to do so boldly.

He 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.

We know so much about the six wives of Henry VIII, why not the six loves of James I?

This 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.

Beginning 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.

It is unquestionably one of the most gripping stories in British history, retold in Gareth Russell’s Queen James with scholarship, biographical insight and wit.

LGBT Themes:

  • Achillean
  • Gender
  • Trans

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History, Nonfiction, Biography, LGBT, Achillean, Gay, Gender, Transgender, Queer, British Literature, Scotland, 17th Century, Historical

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