The Prince Who Would Be King

HarperCollins Publishers

The Prince Who Would Be KingThe Life and Death of Henry Stuart\nAuthor(s): Sarah Fraser\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: HarperCollins Publishers, United Kingdom\nImprint: William Collins\nISBN-13: 9780007548101, 978-0007548101\nSynopsis\nHenry Stuarts life is the last great forgotten Jacobean tale. Shadowed by the gravity of the Thirty Years War and the huge changes taking place across Europe in seventeenth-century society, economy, politics and empire, his life was visually and verbally gorgeous.\nNOW THE SUBJECT OF BBC2 DOCUMENTARY The Best King We Never Had By 1610, the precocious and dynamic Henry Stuart, Prince of Wales was the hope of Britain and Protestant Europe. Eldest son of James VI of Scotland & I of England, his interests ranged far beyond his Courts renowned love of the arts. He invested in cutting-edge science, and began modernising Britains military and naval capacity. Hailed as Protector of Virginia, Henry stood at the forefront of the founding of British America..