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Historical person
Anne of Denmark was a Danish princess who became queen consort of Scotland through her marriage to James VI in 1589 and queen consort of England and Ireland when he inherited the English throne in 1603. She maintained her own household and developed a distinct political and cultural presence at court.
Anne was an important patron of artists, architects and writers and took a prominent role in the elaborate court masques of the Jacobean period. Her relationships with James and their children, especially Prince Henry and the future Charles I, also placed her at the centre of early Stuart dynastic politics.
In Gareth Russell’s The Six Loves of James I, James’s traumatic childhood, intellectual interests, belief in divine kingship and hopes for union are examined beside his marriage to Anne of Denmark and his attachments to five men. Steven Veerapen’s The Wisest Fool is Steven Veerapen’s biography of James VI of Scotland and I of England, following the king from a precarious Scottish childhood through marriage to Anne of Denmark and the political, religious and cultural struggles of his Scottish reign. Further fictional perspectives on Anne of Denmark can be found in Steven Veerapen’s Coronation, Naomi Kelsey’s The Burnings, Nigel Tranter’s Past Master, and Nigel Tranter’s The Courtesan. For broader historical treatment of Anne of Denmark, see Leanda de Lisle’s After Elizabeth.
Series
The Spycatcher trilogy follows Ned Savage, a fictional thief recruited into the intelligence world of Robert Cecil during the transfer from Tudor to Stuart rule. Succession centres on Elizabeth I’s death and James VI’s accession in 1603; Coronation uses the plague-stricken early Jacobean capital; and Assassination is set…
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The Master of Gray Trilogy follows Patrick Gray, one of the most gifted and dangerous political operators of the later sixteenth century, and the daughter who inherits both his intelligence and his capacity for intrigue. Moving between the courts of Scotland and England, Patrick becomes involved in schemes…
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The Stuart Queens Trilogy turns from the final years of the Tudors to the women who helped shape the new Stuart monarchy. Beginning with Anna of Denmark, the series approaches dynastic politics through queens whose marriages, households, children and religious choices placed them at the centre of struggles…
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Non Fiction
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