![]() ![]() It gives an excellent picture of 17 th-century court life through one of its larger than life characters. Woolley has packed an enormous amount of detail into this highly readable and well documented biography. His story reads like an English version of Game of Thrones, nothing like most history texts. The king’s death is only one event in Villiers’ rollicking career in the Stuart court. Whether Villiers killed James intentionally or unintentionally or at all remains an open question. ![]() But, to date, no factual evidence has been uncovered. There is ample circumstantial evidence to support the charge. Detective Series, Ed Dunlop’s Sherlock Jones: The Assassination Plot presents Jasper Jones and Penny Gordon, an adventurous pair of friends who have stumbled onto a diabolical plot: professional assassins are planning to get rid of their state’s governor. Bradyn trains as a minstrel and becomes a. Was Villiers also his king’s assassin? He did, after all, administer an unnamed “medicine” to the ailing James, who died shortly thereafter. When fifteen-year-old Bradyn witnesses the murder of his father, his uncle sells him as a slave to effect his silence. The King’s Assassin is the biography of such a favorite: George Villiers, the handsome, charming, ambitious favorite of James I, a commoner who rose to become Duke of Buckingham, one of the most powerful men during the Stuart reign. In 1603, when James VI of Scotland was crowned James I of England, it was customary for kings to have a “favorite” – a trusted confidant, entertaining companion, and oftentimes, paramour. The King’s Assassin: The Secret Plot to Murder King James I ![]()
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