Description
Recounts the life of the first Duke of Buckingham, describes his relationships with James I and Charles I, and examines his role in English politics.
Table of Contents
One: The Apprentice Years; One: 1592–1616: 'The Gracing of young Villiers'; Two: 1616–18: 'Marks of Extraordinary Affection'; Three: 1618–20: 'Happy Entrance' and 'Constant Reformation'; Four: 1621–22: 'The only Author of all Grievances and Oppressions'; Five: 1623: 'We shall go for the daughter of Spain'; Six: 1624: 'St George on Horseback'; Two: Buckingham in Power; Seven: 1625: 'Your Glorious Match with France'; Eight: 1626: 'The Chief Cause of these Evils and Mischiefs'; Nine: 1627: 'An ambition to serve faithfully both my King and country'; Ten: 1628: 'The Duke shall die'; Eleven: Epilogue
