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The Last Royal Rebel : The Life and Death of James, Duke of Monmouth by Anna Keay is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
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'A superb biography, which paints a vivid picture of the times and of her subject'Daily Telegraph'Fascinating, compelling, outrageous and ultimately tragic'Simon Sebag Montefiore'It is the best royal biography I have read in years'A.N. WilsonFrom the Duff Cooper Prize-winning author of The Restless Republic, a remarkable biography of one of the most intriguing figures of the Restoration era.James, Duke of Monmouth, the favoured illegitimate son of Charles II, was born in exile the year his grandfather Charles I was executed and the English monarchy abolished. Abducted from his mother on his father's orders, he emerged from a childhood in the backstreets of Rotterdam to command the ballrooms of Paris, the brothels of Covent Garden and the battlefields of Flanders.Such was his appeal that when the monarchy itself came under threat, the cry was for Monmouth to succeed Charles II as king. He inspired both delight and disgust, adulation and abhorrence and, in time, love and loyalty. Louis XIV was his mentor, Nell Gwyn his protector, D'Artagnan his lieutenant, William of Orange his confidant, John Dryden his censor and John Locke his comrade.In The Last Royal Rebel, Anna Keay matches rig
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- Author
- Anna Keay
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Published
- 2016
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781408846087
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- History, Biography, Memoir
- Rating
- 4.2 / 5 (33 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14