The Court and Character of King James

whereunto Is Now Added the Court of King Charles

Continued unto the Beginning of These Unhappy Times

with Some Observations upon Him Instead of a Character

English · 1651 · 3h 45m · History, Biography & Autobiography

Gossipy exposés of shenanigans at the heart of government are nothing new. The author, Sir Anthony Weldon (1583–1648), was a courtier of years of experience and standing; his account of court intrigues around the Stuart Kings James I (1603-1625) and Charles I (1625-1649) was written seemingly in the tense period leading up to the English Civil War in the 1640s, and for a private readership (the printed text was not published until several years into the Commonwealth period, when the monarchy had been abolished, and he himself had died).