Quarrel with the King : The Story of an

Spanning the most turbulent and dramatic years of English history-from the 1520s through 1650-Quarrel with the King tells the remarkable saga of one of the greatest families in English history, the Pembrokes, following their glamorous trajectory across three generations of change, ambition, resistance, and war. With vivid color and fascinating detail, acclaimed historian Adam Nicolson recounts the story of a century-long power struggle between England's richest family and the English Crown-a fascinating study of divided loyalties, corruption, rights and privilege, and all the ambiguities involved in the exercise and maintenance of power and status.

Adam Nicolson is the author of Seamanship, God's Secretaries, and Seize the Fire. He has won both the Somerset Maugham and William Heinemann awards, and he lives with his family at Sissinghurst Castle in England.

The Long Road to Civil War 1540-1650	p. 1
The Making of the Pembrokes 1527-1546	p. 9
A Countrey of Lands and Mannours: The World the Pembrokes Acquired	p. 29
The Exercise of Noble Authority: The First Earl as Power Broker, 1549-1570	p. 55
I'll Be a Park and Thou Shalt Be My Deer: The Making of the Pembroke Arcadia, 1570-1586	p. 81
Little Earths Kjnd of Paradise: Mary Pembroke's Court at Wilton, 1586-1601	p. 111
Two Incomparable Brethren: The Careers of William, Earl of Pembroke, and Philip, Earl of Montgomery, 1601-1630	p. 129
So Mutable Are Worldly Things: Ancient Communities and the Threat of Modernity	p. 159
Elizian Fields and Ayery Paradises: The Perfecting of Wilton, 1630-1640	p. 199
A Sad and Miserable Condition We Are Fallen Into: The Catastrophe of Civil War, 1640-1650	p. 231
Afterword
Hear This, O Ye that Swallow Up the Needy: The Destruction of Downland Society, 1650-1830	p. 273
Bibliography	p. 283
Index	p. 293
Table of Contents provided by Ingram. All Rights Reserved.

What is included with this book?

The New copy of this book will include any supplemental materials advertised. Please check the title of the book to determine if it should include any access cards, study guides, lab manuals, CDs, etc.

The Used, Rental and eBook copies of this book are not guaranteed to include any supplemental materials. Typically, only the book itself is included. This is true even if the title states it includes any access cards, study guides, lab manuals, CDs, etc.

FREE SHIPPING

Amazon no longer offers textbook rentals. We do!

Quarrel with the King : The Story of an English Family on the High Road to Civil War

Summary

Author Biography

Table of Contents

Supplemental Materials