The Stolen Crown

Tracy Borman

In 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. She dies shortly afterwards and the throne of England passes peacefully from Tudor to Stuart. Or so we've been led to believe. But, as enthralling new research shows, this is not what happened. In the years that followed, history was literally re-written on the orders of James VI to hide the truth: Elizabeth went to her grave without formally naming an heir. The notion of an approved succession from Tudors to Stuarts is little more than an elaborately constructed fiction. And so James's rule in England began with a lie - a lie that went on to have devastating consequences.

Author(s): Borman, Tracy
Binding: Hardback
Date of Publication: 04/09/2025
Pagination: 448 pages
Series: N/A
Imprint: Hodder & Stoughton
Published By: Hodder & Stoughton
Book Classification: History: specific events & topics|Biography & non-fiction prose
Dimensions: 236x156x44
Weight: 706
ISBN13\EAN\SKU: 9781399732888