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James VI and I (James Charles Stuart; 19 June 1566 – 27 March 1625) was King of Scotland as James VI from 24 July 1567 and King of England and Ireland as James I from the union of the Scottish and English crowns on 24 March 1603 until his death in 1625. The kingdoms of Scotland and England were individual sovereign states, with their own parliaments, judiciaries, and laws, though both were ruled by James in personal union. James was the son of Mary, Queen of Scots, and a great-great-grandson of Henry VII, King of England and Lord of Ireland, and thus a potential successor to all three thrones. He succeeded to the Scottish throne at the age of thirteen months, after his mother was compelled to abdicate in his favour. Four different regents governed during his minority, which ended officially in 1578, though he did not gain full control of his government until 1583. In 1603, he succeeded the last Tudor monarch of England and Ireland, Elizabeth I, who died childless. He continued to reign in all three kingdoms for 22 years, a period known as the Jacobean era, until his death. After the Union of the Crowns, he based himself in England (the largest of the three realms) from 1603, returning to Scotland only once, in 1617, and styled himself "King of Great Britain and Ireland". He was a major advocate of a single parliament for England and Scotland. In his reign, the Plantation of Ulster and English colonisation of the Americas began. At 57 years and 246 days, James's reign in Scotland was the longest of any Scottish monarch. He achieved most of his aims in Scotland but faced great difficulties in England, including the Gunpowder Plot in 1605 and repeated conflicts with the English Parliament. Under James, the "Golden Age" of Elizabethan literature and drama continued, with writers such as William Shakespeare, John Donne, Ben Jonson, and Sir Francis Bacon contributing to a flourishing literary culture. James himself was a prolific writer, authoring works such as Daemonologie (1597), The True Law of Free Monarchies (1598), and Basilikon Doron (1599). He sponsored the translation of the Bible into English later named after him, the Authorized King James Version. Sir Anthony Weldon claimed that James had been termed "the wisest fool in Christendom", an epithet associated with his character ever since. Since the latter half of the 20th century, historians have tended to revise James's reputation and treat him as a serious and thoughtful monarch. He was strongly committed to a peace policy, and tried to avoid involvement in religious wars, especially the Thirty Years' War that devastated much of Central Europe. He tried but failed to prevent the rise of hawkish elements in the English Parliament who wanted war with Spain. He was succeeded by his second son, Charles. Childhood Birth James was the only son of Mary, Queen of Scots, and her second husband, Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley. Both Mary and Darnley were great-grandchildren of Henry VII of England through Margaret Tudor, the older sister of Henry VIII. Mary's rule over Scotland was insecure, and she and her husband, being Roman Catholics, faced a rebellion by Protestant noblemen. During Mary's and Darnley's difficult marriage, Darnley secretly allied himself with the rebels and conspired in the murder of the Queen's private secretary, David Rizzio, just three months before James's birth.James was born on 19 June 1566 at Edinburgh Castle, and as the eldest son and heir apparent of the monarch automatically became Duke of Rothesay and Prince and Great Steward of Scotland. Five days later, an English diplomat Henry Killigrew saw the queen, who had not fully recovered and could only speak faintly. The baby was "sucking at his nurse" and was "well proportioned and like to prove a goodly prince". He was baptised "Charles James" or "James Charles" on 17 December 1566 in a Catholic ceremony held at Stirling Castle. His godparents were Charles IX of France (represented by John, Count of Brienne), Elizabeth I of England (represented by the Earl of Bedford), and Emmanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy (represented by ambassador Philibert du Croc). Mary refused to let the Archbishop of St Andrews, whom she referred to as "a pocky priest", spit in the child's mouth, as was then the custom. The subsequent entertainment, devised by Frenchman Bastian Pagez, featured men dressed as satyrs and sporting tails, to which the English guests took offence, thinking the satyrs "done against them".James's father, Darnley, was murdered on 10 February 1567 at Kirk o' Field, Edinburgh, perhaps in revenge for the killing of Rizzio. James inherited his father's titles of Duke of Albany and Earl of Ross. Mary was already unpopular, and her marriage on 15 May 1567 to James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell, who was widely suspected of murdering Darnley, heightened widespread bad feeling towards her. In June 1567, Protestant rebels arrested Mary and imprisoned her in Loch Leven Castle; she never saw her son again. She was forced to abdicate on 24 July 1567 in favour of the infant James and to appoint her illegitimate half-brother, James Stewart, Earl of Moray, as regent. Regencies The care of James was entrusted to the Earl and Countess of Mar, "to be conserved, nursed, and upbrought" in the security of Stirling Castle. James was anointed King of Scotland at the age of thirteen months at the Church of the Holy Rude in Stirling, by Adam Bothwell, Bishop of Orkney, on 29 July 1567. The sermon at the coronation was preached by John Knox. In accordance with the religious beliefs of most of the Scottish ruling class, James was brought up as a member of the Protestant Church of Scotland, the Kirk. The Privy Council selected George Buchanan, Peter Young, Adam Erskine (lay abbot of Cambuskenneth), and David Erskine (lay abbot of Dryburgh) as James's preceptors or tutors. As the young king's senior tutor, Buchanan subjected James to regular beatings but also instilled in him a lifelong passion for literature and learning. Buchanan sought to turn James into a God-fearing, Protestant king who accepted the limitations of monarchy, as outlined in his treatise De Jure Regni apud Scotos.In 1568, Mary escaped from her imprisonment at Loch Leven Castle, leading to several years of sporadic violence. The Earl of Moray defeated Mary's troops at the Battle of Langside, forcing her to flee to England, where she was subsequently kept in confinement by Elizabeth. On 23 January 1570, Moray was assassinated by James Hamilton of Bothwellhaugh. The next regent was James's paternal grandfather Matthew Stewart, 4th Earl of Lennox, who was carried fatally wounded into Stirling Castle a year later after a raid by Mary's supporters. His successor, the Earl of Mar, "took a vehement sickness" and died on 28 October 1572 at Stirling. Mar's illness, wrote James Melville, followed a banquet at Dalkeith Palace given by James Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton.Morton was elected to Mar's office and proved.... Discover the King James popular books. Find the top 100 most popular King James books.
Best Seller King James Books of June 2022
Tom Clancy Zero Hour
Don BentleyJune 7, 2022$14.99Jack Ryan, Jr. is the one man who can prevent a second Korean War in the latest thrilling entry in the #1 New York Times bestselling series. When the leader of North Korea is catastrophicall...
All Your Perfects
Colleen HooverJuly 17, 2018$11.99INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The #1 New York Times bestselling author of It Ends with Us —whose writing is “emotionally wrenching and utterly original” (Sara Shepard, New York Tim...
November 9
Colleen HooverNovember 10, 2015$11.99Beloved #1 New York Times bestselling author of It Ends With Us and All Your Perfects returns with an unforgettable love story between a writer and his unexpected muse. Fallon meets Ben, an ...
It Ends with Us
Colleen HooverAugust 2, 2016$11.99In this “brave and heartbreaking novel that digs its claws into you and doesn’t let go, long after you’ve finished it” (Anna Todd, New York Times bestselling author) from the #1 New ...
The Old Man
Thomas PerryJanuary 3, 2017$11.99Now an original series from FX starring Jeff Bridges, John Lithgow, and Amy Brenneman : a retired intelligence officer living off the grid is caught in “[a] harrowing hunt-and-hide adventu...
Ali Cross: The Secret Detective
James PattersonJune 27, 2022$9.99The #1 bestselling kid detective is back! Mysteries, crime-solving, homeroom—all in a day's work for Ali Cross. Ali Cross has always looked up to his father, the famous detective Ale...
We'll Always Have Summer
Jenny HanApril 26, 2011$9.99Soon to be a streaming series in Summer 2022! Can Belly make a final choice between Jeremiah and Conrad? Find out in the conclusion of the New York Times bestselling The Summer I Turned Pret...
The Silent Patient
Alex MichaelidesFebruary 5, 2019$12.99**THE INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER** "An unforgettable—and Hollywood-bound—new thriller... A mix of Hitchcockian suspense, Agatha Christie plotting, and Greek tragedy." — Enter...
Fallen
Rebecca ZanettiSeptember 24, 2019$5.99USA TODAY BESTSELLER An Amazon Best Book of the Year Selection “Impressive . . . Zanetti’s action sequences are sharp and dynamic.” —The New York Times Book Review ...
The Summer Place
Jennifer WeinerMay 10, 2022$14.99INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTELLER From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of That Summer comes another heartfelt and unputdownable novel of family, secrets, and the ties that bind. When...
It Happened One Summer
Tessa BaileyJuly 13, 2021$10.99USA TODAY BESTSELLER Tessa Bailey is back with a Schitt’s Creek-inspired rom-com about a Hollywood “It Girl” who’s cut off from her wealthy family and exiled to a small Pacific North...
For All My Tomorrows
Debbie MacomberMay 7, 2019$2.99A widow must decide if her heart will allow her a second chance at love in this moving novel from Debbie Macomber. Lynn Danfort had always counted on her husband, Gary—a loving father, ded...
Dead in the Water
Julie Ann WalkerJune 28, 2022$7.99New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Julie Ann Walker delivers perfect pulse-pounding romantic suspense! The former Navy SEALs of Deep Six Salvage thought they could retire to the...
Nightwork
Nora RobertsMay 24, 2022$14.99#1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts introduces an unforgettable thief in an unputdownable new novel… Greed. Desire. Obsession. Revenge . . . It’s all in a night’s work. H...
The Handmaid's Tale
Margaret AtwoodFebruary 17, 1986$9.99Before The Testaments, there was The Handmaid’s Tale: an instant classic and eerily prescient cultural phenomenon, from “the patron saint of feminist dystopian fiction” (New York Times...
The Escape Artist
Brad MeltzerMarch 6, 2018$2.99Nola Brown, the U.S. Army's artist-in-residence--a painter and trained soldier--sees something nobody was supposed to see and earns a dangerous enemy in this novel as powerful as "a launched...
Tom Clancy Oath of Office
Marc CameronNovember 27, 2018$2.99Marine officer. CIA analyst. President. Jack Ryan has devoted his life to protecting the United States. What if this time, he can't? President Ryan and the Campus return in this entry in Tom...
Sparring Partners
John GrishamMay 31, 2022$14.99#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • John Grisham is the acknowledged master of the legal thriller. In his first collection of novellas, law is a common thread, but America’s favorite sto...
The Summer I Turned Pretty
Jenny HanDecember 21, 2010$8.99Now a streaming series in Summer 2022! Belly has an unforgettable summer in this stunning start to the Summer I Turned Pretty series from the New York Times bestselling author of To All the ...
It's Not Summer Without You
Jenny HanApril 27, 2010$9.99Soon to be a streaming series in Summer 2022! Belly finds out what comes after falling in love in this follow-up to The Summer I Turned Pretty from the New York Times bestselling author of T...
Everything I Never Told You
Celeste NgJune 26, 2014$1.99The acclaimed debut novel by the author of Little Fires Everywhere and Our Missing Hearts “A taut tale of ever deepening and quickening suspense.” — O , the Oprah Magazine “ Explosiv...
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
Taylor Jenkins ReidJune 13, 2017$14.99NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “If you ’ re looking for a book to take on holiday this summer, The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo has got all the glitz and glamour to make it a perfect beach r...
Stealth Attack
John GilstrapJune 29, 2021$0.99An electrifying new novel from the bestselling author of Crimson Phoenix , perfect for fans of Vince Flynn and Brad Thor ! Black Ops veteran Jonathan Grave is back and pursuing two missing A...
The Omega Factor
Steve BerryJune 7, 2022$14.99"Dan Brown fans will want to check this one out" (Publishers Weekly): The Ghent Altarpiece is the most violated work of art in the world. Thirteen times it has been vandalized, dismantled, o...
The Miss Silver Mysteries Volume Four
Patricia WentworthNovember 27, 2018$2.99Three cozy mysteries in the “timelessly charming” historical series featuring a retired English governess who finds a second calling as a detective (Charlotte MacLeod). Meet Miss ...
The Secrets We Kept
Lara PrescottSeptember 3, 2019$1.99NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A thrilling tale of secretaries turned spies, of love and duty, and of sacrifice—inspired by the true story of the CIA plot to infiltrate the hearts and minds...
Midnight Come Again
Dana StabenowApril 1, 2007$1.99Edgar Award winner Dana Stabenow has written nine atmospheric crime novels featuring the very prickly, very human Kate Shugak, but her novels also have a scene-stealing costar: Alaska, unfor...
Verity
Colleen HooverOctober 5, 2021$11.99New York Times Bestseller USA Today Bestseller The Globe and Mail Bestseller Publishers Weekly Bestseller Whose truth is the lie? Stay up all night reading ...
Where the Crawdads Sing
Delia OwensAugust 14, 2018$9.99SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE—The #1 New York Times bestselling worldwide sensation with more than 12 million copies sold, hailed by The New York Times Book Review as “a painfully be...
The House Across the Lake
Riley SagerJune 21, 2022$14.99Named a most anticipated summer book by USA Today , People , E! News, Cosmopolitan , PureWow , CNN.com, New York Post , CrimeReads, POPSUGAR , and more The New York Times bestselling a...
Mansplainer
Avery FlynnJune 27, 2022$3.99As the only Beckett cousin who is still unattached, I’m a shoo-in to win the bet with my cousins to be the last man blissfully not in love by Christmas. Of course, I know they’re still g...
Ugly Love
Colleen HooverAugust 5, 2014$11.99From Colleen Hoover, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of It Ends With Us, a heart-wrenching love story that proves attraction at first sight can be messy. When Tate Collins meets air...
Lessons in Chemistry
Bonnie GarmusApril 5, 2022$14.99NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK • A must-read debut! Meet Elizabeth Zott: a one-of-a-kind scientist in 1960s California whose career takes a det...
One Night Before the Royal Wedding
Sharon KendrickMarch 1, 2021$1.99Things aren’t always as they seem in this scandalous royal marriage of convenience story by USA TODAY bestselling author Sharon Kendrick. A seductive stranger… Or her future husband? Pri...
The Eureka City Bride
Cynthia WoolfSeptember 9, 2021$0.99Vivien Fitzhugh gave up her Pinkerton badge to track her best friend’s murderer. His last known location is Eureka City, Nevada. Ninety-nine percent of the population are either men or mar...
The Hotel Nantucket
Elin HilderbrandJune 14, 2022$14.99“The queen of beach reads” ( New York Magazine ) delivers an immensely satisfying page-turner in this tale about a summer of scandal at a storied Nantucket hotel. Fresh off a bad breakup...
The Midnight Library
Matt HaigSeptember 29, 2020$8.99The #1 New York Times bestselling WORLDWIDE phenomenon Winner of the Goodreads Choice Award for Fiction | A Good Morning America Book Club Pick | Independent ( London) Ten Best Books of the ...
Book Lovers
Emily HenryMay 3, 2022$9.99“One of my favorite authors.”—Colleen Hoover An insightful, delightful, instant #1 New York Times bestseller from the author of Beach Read and People We Meet on Vacation . Named a...
The Lies I Tell
Julie ClarkJune 21, 2022$14.99THE #1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER! As recommended by Associated Press, Goodreads, BuzzFeed, POPSUGAR, Parade, CrimeReads, Apartment Therapy, E! Online, Scary Mommy, Motherly, and more. “A mi...
Lost and Found in Paris
Lian DolanApril 5, 2022$12.99“Fast-paced and colorful, with hints of The Goldfinch and Malibu Rising, and more than one pitch-perfect love story—Lost and Found in Paris sparkles like the Cit...
Confessions on the 7:45: A Novel
Lisa UngerOctober 6, 2020$2.99COMING TO NETFLIX “Intricate and nuanced—on par with the best top-flight psychological suspense.” —L.A. Times INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER From master of suspense Lisa Unger comes a rive...
Horse
Geraldine BrooksJune 14, 2022$14.99“Brooks’ chronological and cross-disciplinary leaps are thrilling.” — The New York Times Book Review “ Horse isn’t just an animal story—it’s a moving narrative about race and...
Meant to Be
Emily GiffinMay 31, 2022$14.99NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A restless golden boy and a girl with a troubled past navigate a love story that may be doomed before it even begins, in this “glorious, satisfying” (A...
The Book Thief
Markus ZusakMarch 14, 2006$2.99#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • ONE OF TIME MAGAZINE’S 100 BEST YA BOOKS OF ALL TIME The extraordinary, beloved novel about the ability of books to feed the soul even in the darkest of ti...
The Temptation of Grace
Kristin VaydenApril 30, 2019$3.99The third book in acclaimed author Kristin Vayden’s Regency historical series set in an elite gentleman’s club, no place for a London debutante. But what happens at Temptation stays at T...
Escape
James Patterson & David EllisJune 20, 2022$14.99#1 New York Times bestselling detective Billy Harney of The Black Book is chasing down a billionaire crime boss and a prison escape artist while a young girl's life hangs in the balance. As ...
Maybe Someday
Colleen HooverMarch 18, 2014$11.99From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of It Ends With Us comes a passionate tale of friendship, betrayal, and romance. At twenty-two years old, Sydney is enjoying a great life: She...
Atomic Habits
James ClearOctober 16, 2018$9.99The #1 New York Times bestseller . Over 4 million copies sold! Tiny Changes, Remarkable Results No matter your goals, Atomic Habits offers a proven framework for improving--every day. James ...
Every Summer After
Carley FortuneMay 10, 2022$9.99"A radiant debut." — Emily Henry, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Book Lovers THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! Named One of the Hottest Reads of Summer 2022 by Today ∙ Parade ∙&#...
A Court of Thorns and Roses
Sarah J. MaasMay 5, 2015$13.99The sexy, action-packed first book in the #1 New York Times bestselling Court of Thorns and Roses series from Sarah J. Maas. When nineteen-year-old huntress Feyre kills a wolf in the woods, ...
Best Seller King James Audio Books of June 2022
- Where the Crawdads Sing (Unabridged)Delia Owens$14.99
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- The Summer I Turned PrettyJenny Han$12.99
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- It's Not Summer Without YouJenny Han$16.99
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- We'll Always Have SummerJenny Han$16.99
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- Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones (Unabridged)James Clear$14.99
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- Scars and Stripes (Unabridged)Tim Kennedy$16.99
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- Greenlights (Unabridged)Matthew McConaughey$14.99
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- I'd Like to Play Alone, PleaseTom Segura$16.99
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- It Ends with Us (Unabridged)Colleen Hoover$12.99
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- EndureCameron Hanes$16.99
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