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Memoirs Of The Court Of England During The Reign Of The Stuarts; Including The Protectorate (Volume Iv)

Memoirs Of The Court Of England During The Reign Of The Stuarts; Including The Protectorate (Volume Iv)

Heneage Jesse, John

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Business BiographiesGeneral World HistoryBritish History

ISBN10: 9354506550
ISBN13: 9789354506550
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Apr 6 2021
Pages: 548
Weight: 1.75
Height: 1.22 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Behind every proclamation sits a story. Memoirs Of The Court Of England During The Reign Of The Stuarts; Including The Protectorate (Volume IV) opens the back stairs of power, where reputation is made and unmade. Power has a private face. John Heneage Jesse curates historical court memoirs and royal court biographies into a vivid stuart court memoirs collection, tracking the manners, ambitions and missteps that shaped seventeenth century england. Jesse writes with a journalist's eye for character: who rose, who fell, and who paid for a whispered allegiance. Across shifting regimes, the narrative catches stuart court intrigue at close range: factions at court, the pressure of english civil war politics, and hard-edged cromwell protectorate accounts that reveal how authority is negotiated when crowns fall silent. The scene then leans towards restoration era london, rich with social texture and political aftershocks, making this volume a natural companion for samuel pepys diary readers and john evelyn diary readers who crave the same mix of observation and consequence. Valued as an english history research source, Jesse's compilation points readers towards a primary source collection of voices and traditions that later historians still mine, while remaining brisk and readable for the curious browser. For casual readers it offers personalities; for classic-literature collectors, a richly sourced window onto the court's machinery. Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today - a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike.

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