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Quarrel with the King: The Story of an English Family on the High Road to Civil War

By Adam Nicolson

Book information

Publisher
Harper
Year
2008
ISBN
0061154318, 9780061154317, 9780061718519
LCC
DA306.H47 N53 2008
Open Library ID
OL16488707M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (1971298 bytes)
Edition
1St Edition
Pages
320\331
Time added
2011-04-20 14:05:05

Description

Spanning the most turbulent and dramatic years of English history—from the 1520s through 1650— Quarrel with the King tells the remarkable saga of one of the greatest families in English history, the Pembrokes, following their glamorous trajectory across three generations of change, ambition, resistance, and war. With vivid color and fascinating detail, acclaimed historian Adam Nicolson recounts the story of a century-long power struggle between England's richest family and the English Crown—a fascinating study of divided loyalties, corruption, rights and privilege, and all the ambiguities involved in the exercise and maintenance of power and status.

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