Research Catalog

Title

The last royal rebel : the life and death of James, Duke of Monmouth / Anna Keay.

Author

Keay, Anna

Publication

• New York : Bloomsbury, 2016.
• ©2016

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Details

Description

462 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), facsimiles, genealogical table, maps, portraits; 25 cm

Summary

The absorbing tale of how this legendary rogue became the champion of parliamentary monarchy and changed the course of English history.

Alternative Title

• Life and death of James, Duke of Monmouth
• James, Duke of Monmouth

Subject

• Monmouth, James Scott, Duke of, 1649-1685
• 1603-1714
• Illegitimate children of royalty > Great Britain > Biography
• Illegitimate children of royalty
• Kings and rulers > Children
• Great Britain > Kings and rulers > Children > Biography
• Great Britain > History > Stuarts, 1603-1714 > Biography
• Great Britain

Genre/Form

• Biographies.
• Biography.
• History.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Abduction -- An infamous mother -- A new life -- Homecoming -- Vicious and idle -- Coming of age -- The soldier and the Sun King -- A rising sun -- Care but not command -- The ties begin to break -- Finding new friends -- Icarus -- Exclusion -- Opposition leader -- Town and country -- Desperate measure -- Love and loss -- The reluctant rebel -- The last battle -- The end.

Call Number

JFE 16-7966

ISBN

• 1620409348
• 9781620409343
• 1408827824
• 9781408827826

OCLC

918283686

Author

Keay, Anna, author.

Title

The last royal rebel : the life and death of James, Duke of Monmouth / Anna Keay.

Publisher

New York : Bloomsbury, 2016.

Copyright Date

©2016

Edition

First U.S. edition.

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Chronological Term

1603-1714

Research Call Number

JFE 16-7966