Book description
The Royal Stuarts ruled for over 300 years in Scotland and for a
century as the Royal Family of Britain and Ireland. They were leading
actors in the foremost political dramas of British history - the
Scottish Wars of Independence, the Union of the Crowns, the English
Civil War and the Restoration - and remain the most controversial and
divisive of royal families.
Drawing on the accounts of historians past and present, novels and
plays, Allan Massie tells the family's full story, from the salt
marshes of Brittany to the thrones of Scotland and England, and then
eventual exile. A book which gets beyond the received
generalisations, The Royal Stuarts takes us deep into the
lives of figures like Mary Queen of Scots, Charles I and Bonnie Prince
Charlie, uncovering a family of strong affections and fierce
rivalries, the brave and capable, the weak and foolish.
Told with panache and pace, adventurous and opinionated, this is a
nuanced history of that remarkable family who, for better or worse,
shaped our history and made our country what it is.
Allan Massie is the award-winning author of many novels, including
his Roman Quartet,
Antony
,
Augustus
,
Tiberius
and
Caesar
as well as several works of non-fiction. He lives in the Scottish
Borders and writes for the
Daily Telegraph
and the
Scotsman
.
