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William III & Mary II: Partners in Revolution

By Jonathan Keates

Book information

Publisher
Penguin UK
Year
2016
ISBN
014197687X, 9780141976877
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
12 MB (13012288 bytes)
Series
Penguin Monarchs
Pages
112\0
Time added
2017-05-21 10:32:18
Great Britain;Europe;Historical;Biographies & Memo

Description

Britain's only ever "joint monarchs" William III (1689-1702) & Mary II (1689-94) changed the course of the entire country's history, coming to power through a coup (which involved Mary betraying her own father), reestablishing parliament on a new footing, and, through commiting Britain to fighting France, initiating an immensely long period of warfare and colonial expansion. Jonathan Keates' wonderful book makes both monarchs vivid, the cold, shrewd "Dutch" William and the shortlived Mary, whose life and death inspired Purcell to write some of his greatest music.

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