{"product_id":"the-sun-rising-isbn-9780525429548","title":"The Sun Rising","description":"\u003cb\u003eA gripping and thought-provoking account of the reign of King James I, who united Britain and made England the global power we know today.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe British monarchy of today descends directly from one leader: King James I, whose huge—and much overlooked—influence launched England as a major international trade power, established the King James Bible, and united the royal families of Scotland and England under one house and one monarch.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlong with his wife, Anna of Denmark, and his children—Henry, Elizabeth, and Charles—James sought to broker agreements between the warring Catholic and Protestant princes in Europe and establish an era of peace. Instead, James set the groundwork for his children to grow up and champion a militant Protestantism that plunged the entire continent into religious war.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt his ascension, England was economically behind, but James's global ambitions began to shift the tide: As ships departed London for America, Russia, Persia, India, and Japan, the fledgling East India Company began to intertwine ever closer with the crown.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd James himself was dogged by scandal, running a court famously reputed for vice and venality. But his court was also rich in art, drama, and literature. Shakespeare's\u003ci\u003e King Lear \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eMacbeth\u003c\/i\u003e—said to have been inspired by James himself—were both first performed at the Jacobean court.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSet across England and the Continent, over the course of twenty years—beginning with the death of Elizabeth I in 1603 and the ascension of James I and ending in 1625 with Charles I becoming king—\u003ci\u003eThe Sun Rising \u003c\/i\u003epresents a rich and compelling portrait of the royal family and a story of dynastic power politics, which ultimately and viciously split Europe.“A very lucid, exciting and well researched narrative of a part of British history which has been relatively neglected and yet is of vital and enduring importance for the development of Britain.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eRonald Hutton, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Witch\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A picturesque portrait of the nascent Great Britain in an extraordinary age of unification, expansion, and commercial experimentation. With sympathy and vigor, Anna Whitelock showcases many facets of this emerging world at home and overseas, ruled over by a fascinating monarch too often neglected and misunderstood by posterity.” \u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eMalcolm Gaskill, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Ruin of All Witches\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e“With its gripping storytelling combined with historical rigor, \u003ci\u003eThe Sun Rising\u003c\/i\u003e is just the right kind of zesty treatment a neglected period needs. Fresh and fabulous.” \u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eLucy Worsley\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Richly evocative and brilliantly provocative, \u003ci\u003eThe Sun Rising\u003c\/i\u003e transports its readers far from Whitehall in pursuit of James I’s vision for a united, global Britain. From the plantations of Ireland and trading posts in Indonesia to the courts of Russia and Japan, Anna Whitelock’s compelling narrative looks afresh at James I, and at the idea of Britain that emerged during his reign—and which still resonates today.” \u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eAlice Hunt, author of \u003ci\u003eRepublic: Britain’s Revolutionary Decade, 1649-1660\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Fascinating, razor-sharp and shot through with uncanny resonances for the interesting times in which we live.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Helen Castor, author of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eShe-Wolves\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Big, bold, bracing history . . . Whitelock gives us wide vistas, sharp insights and immersive prose; I can almost taste the salt and smell the sulphur.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Jessie Childs, author of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Siege of Loyalty House\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Assembling a large cast of explorers, envoys and entrepreneurs, Whitelock vividly underscores the vitality and global ambitions of early seventeenth-century Englishmen and their first Stuart king.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Clare Jackson, author of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eDevil-Land\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A majestic, brilliant account of the birth of an empire. Spectacularly good.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Peter Frankopan, author of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Earth Transformed\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnna Whitelock \u003c\/b\u003eis a historian, author, and broadcaster. She is professor of the history of monarchy at City St George’s, University of London and director of the Centre for the Study of Modern Monarchy. Whitelock is an international media commentator on monarchy, public history, and heritage, as well as on the Tudor and the Stuart dynasties. She is also the principal investigator on a major Arts and Humanities Research Council project, The Visible Crown: Queen Elizabeth II and the Caribbean, 1952 to the Present. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eMary Tudor: England’s First Queen \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Queen’s Bed: An Intimate History of Elizabeth’s Court\u003c\/i\u003e.","brand":"Viking","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48233751511269,"sku":"NP9780525429548","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780525429548.jpg?v=1767741737","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-sun-rising-isbn-9780525429548","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}