King's Favourite (Barnes & Noble Digital Library): The Love Story of Robert Carr and Lady Essex

by Philip Hamilton Gibbs

Overview

British nobleman Robert Carr (1587-1645) was knighted by James I, and for a time practically ran the kingdom. In 1613 he wed Frances Howard (Lady Essex) after the king nullified her existing marriage. This 1908 history gives us his rise, his tempestuous romance, his implication in a murder plot, and the consequences.  

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781411455061
Publisher:	Barnes & Noble
Publication date:	05/17/2011
Series:	Barnes & Noble Digital Library
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	388
File size:	467 KB
Age Range:	3 Months to 18 Years

About the Author

Philip Gibbs (1877-1962) was an English journalist who served as one of five officially sanctioned war correspondents during World War I.  Though he protested against the censoring of his dispatches, he was nevertheless awarded with a knighthood after the war.  He is best-known for his memoirs.