by Allan Massie
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THOMAS DUNNE BOOKS.
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THE ROYAL STUARTS. Copyright © 2010 by Allan Massie. All rights reserved. For information, address St. Martin’s Press, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010.
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ISBN: 978-1-4299-5082-4
First published in Great Britain by Jonathan Cape, an imprint of Random House
Table of Contents
Title Page
Dedication
Contents
The Genealogy of the House of Stuart
Prologue
Chapter 1. The Stewards: Origins in Legend and History
Chapter 2. Robert II (1371–90): The First Stewart King
Chapter 3. Robert III (1390–1406): A Troubled Reign
Chapter 4. James I (1406–37): The Poet-King
Chapter 5. James II (1437–60): A Quick-Tempered King
Chapter 6. James III (1460–88): A Study in Failure
Chapter 7. James IV (1488–1513): The Flower of the Scottish Renaissance
Chapter 8. James V (1513–42): People’s King or Tyrant?
Chapter 9. Mary (1542–67): Scotland’s Tragic Queen
Chapter 10. James VI and I (1567–1625): The King as Survivor
Chapter 11. Charles I (1625–49): The Martyr King
Chapter 12. The Interregnum and the Scattered Family (1649–60)
Chapter 13. Charles II (1649–85): A Merry and Cynical Monarch
Chapter 14. James VII and II (1685–88): Author of His Own Tragedy
Chapter 15. William III (1689–1702) and Mary II (1689–94): Revolution Settlement and Dutch Rule
Chapter 16. Anne (1702–14): End of an Old Song
Chapter 17. James VIII and III: Jacobites
Envoi
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Acknowledgements
Notes and Sources
Notes on Further Reading
Index
Copyright