The Brilliant Brief Life of the Duke of Buckingham
Book Type
Hardcover
Number of Pages
680
Publisher Name
Harper an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
ISBN-10
0062940139
ISBN-13
9780062940131
citemno
280997
Subject
European History
SKU
9780062940131
Description
"From the winner of the Baillie Gifford Prize, an extraordinary story of the meteoric rise and fall of King James I's favorite, George Villiers, the first Duke of Buckingham"--
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