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Quarrel with the King

The Story of an English Family on the High Road to Civil War

By Adam Nicolson

In Quarrel with the King, Adam Nicolson, the bestselling author of God’s Secretaries and Seize the Fire, explores questions of loyalty, power, betrayal, and rebellion, as witnessed through the life and times of one of England’s richest and most influential families. Spanning the most turbulent and dramatic years of English history—from the 1520s to 1650—Quarrel with the King tells the story of four generations of the Pembroke family, following their glamorous trajectory across 130 years of change, ambition, resistance, and war, culminating in rebellion against the king.
ISBN: 9780061154324
Imprint: Harper Perennial
On Sale: Nov 3, 2009
List price: $21
No of pages: 336
Trim Size: 5.300 in (w) x 7.960 in (h) x 0.880 in (d)
BISAC 1: HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / 20th Century
BISAC 2: HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / General
BISAC 3: HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / 21st Century
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Adam Nicolson

Biography

Adam Nicols on 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.

In Quarrel with the King, Adam Nicolson, the bestselling author of God’s Secretaries and Seize the Fire, explores questions of loyalty, power, betrayal, and rebellion, as witnessed through the life and times of one of England’s richest and most influential families. Spanning the most turbulent and dramatic years of English history—from the 1520s to 1650—Quarrel with the King tells the story of four generations of the Pembroke family, following their glamorous trajectory across 130 years of change, ambition, resistance, and war, culminating in rebellion against the king.

ISBN: 9780061154324
Imprint: Harper Perennial
On Sale: Nov 3, 2009
List price: $21
No of pages: 336
Trim Size: 5.300 in (w) x 7.960 in (h) x 0.880 in (d)
BISAC 1: HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / 20th Century
BISAC 2: HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / General
BISAC 3: HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / 21st Century
BISAC 4:
BISAC 5:
BISAC 6:

Adam Nicolson

Biography

Adam Nicols on 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.