{"product_id":"the-stolen-crown-tracy-borman-signed-hardback","title":"The Stolen Crown","description":"\u003cp\u003eby Tracy Borman \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHardback\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e448 pages, x 2 colour insets\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSigned by the author\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSuccession meets the Tudors in this explosive account of the succession of Elizabeth I from bestselling author Tracy Borman, Chief Historian at Historic Royal Palaces \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'COMPELLING AND BRILLIANT' - ALISON WEIR\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'Reads like a political thriller' - GARETH RUSSELL, author of Queen James\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'Part political thriller . . . A thrilling achievement' - KATE WILLIAMS, author of Rival Queens\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'Wonderful . . . like a political thriller' - ELIZABETH NORTON, author of The Lives of Tudor Women\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e----------\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn March 1603, Queen Elizabeth I, the last Tudor monarch, lies dying at Richmond Palace. The queen's ministers cluster round her bedside, urging her to name her successor - something she has stubbornly resisted throughout her reign. Almost with her last breath she whispers that James VI of Scotland should succeed her.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOr so we've been led to believe. But, as enthralling new research shows, this is not what happened. Elizabeth went to her grave without formally naming an heir.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe notion of an approved succession from Tudors to Stuarts is little more than an elaborately constructed fiction - a fiction that went on to have devastating consequences. The Stuart regime rapidly descended into turbulence and uncertainty, conspiracy and persecution, witchcraft and gunpowder. With a combination of rigorous research and brilliant storytelling, The Stolen Crown takes us behind palace doors to reveal the secret history of the Tudor succession.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hunt's Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56816894869885,"sku":null,"price":26.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0514\/8635\/9739\/files\/9781399732888.jpg?v=1756828151","url":"https:\/\/huntsbookshop.pro\/products\/the-stolen-crown-tracy-borman-signed-hardback","provider":"Hunt's Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}