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The White King de Leanda de Lisle

The White King

Autor Leanda de Lisle
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 31 oct 2017

Considerăm că White King aduce o perspectivă proaspătă și necesară asupra figurii tragice a lui Carol I, reușind să depășească dihotomia clasică dintre tiran și martir. Ceea ce distinge această lucrare de biografiile anterioare este accesul la surse primare inedite, în special corespondența privată dintre rege și soția sa, care oferă o dimensiune intimă și umană conflictului politic. Găsim în acest volum nu doar o cronică a bătăliilor, ci o analiză fină a psihologiei unui lider „fatalmente limitat”, care nu și-a înțeles proprii supuși. Subliniem modul în care Leanda de Lisle reconstruiește atmosfera tensionată de la curte, introducând în scenă figuri precum Henry Holland sau Lucy Carlisle, a căror loialitate oscilantă a grăbit prăbușirea monarhiei. Ca alternativă la volumul Charles I de Richard Cust pentru cursurile de istorie modernă, White King are avantajul unei narațiuni de tip non-ficțiune creativă, care prioritizează ritmul alert și portretele de caracter fără a sacrifica rigoarea academică. Dacă Richard Cust se concentrează pe mecanismele politice, de Lisle pune accent pe dinamica personală și pe eșecul de comunicare într-o eră a populismului incipient. Această lucrare completează organic opera autoarei, fiind o continuare tematică a volumului After Elizabeth. Dacă în debutul său explora succesiunea agitată după moartea reginei fecioare, aici de Lisle analizează dezintegrarea ordinii ce a urmat la doar câteva decenii distanță. De asemenea, oferă contextul necesar pentru biografia Henrietta Maria, unde autoarea reia tema reginei „războinice” din perspectiva consortului revizuit de istoriografie. Este o lectură esențială pentru înțelegerea rădăcinilor democrației britanice, născută paradoxal din eșafodul unui rege.

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ISBN-13: 9781610395601
ISBN-10: 1610395603
Pagini: 464
Dimensiuni: 164 x 241 x 40 mm
Greutate: 0.71 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: PublicAffairs

De ce să citești această carte

Recomandăm această carte pasionaților de istorie britanică care caută o narațiune bazată pe documente de arhivă inedite. Cititorul va câștiga o înțelegere profundă a Războiului Civil Englez, dincolo de datele seci, explorând slăbiciunile umane care pot dărâma un regat. Este o lecție despre cum neînțelegerea contextului social și trădările politice pot schimba cursul unei națiuni, prezentată cu talentul unui jurnalist de elită.

Despre autor

Leanda de Lisle este o reputată istorică și jurnalistă britanică, formată la Oxford University. Cariera sa polivalentă include colaborări de prestigiu cu publicații precum The Spectator și The Guardian, experiență care îi conferă stilului său o claritate și un dinamism aparte. După succesul volumului de debut After Elizabeth, s-a specializat în dinastiile Tudor și Stuart, fiind recunoscută pentru capacitatea de a demonta mituri istorice prin cercetare metodică. Lucrările sale, printre care și Tudor, sunt apreciate pentru modul în care aduc în prim-plan figurile feminine și perspectivele umane adesea ignorate în cronicile oficiale.

Descriere scurtă

From the New York Times bestselling author and master of narrative nonfiction comes the tragic story of Charles I, his warrior queen, Britain's civil wars and the trial for his life.

Less than forty years after England's golden age under Elizabeth I, the country was at war with itself. Split between loyalty to the Crown or to Parliament, war raged on English soil. The English Civil War would set family against family, friend against friend, and its casualties were immense--a greater proportion of the population died than in World War I.

At the head of the disintegrating kingdom was King Charles I. In this vivid portrait--informed by previously unseen manuscripts, including royal correspondence between the king and his queen--Leanda de Lisle depicts a man who was principled and brave, but fatally blinkered.

Charles never understood his own subjects or court intrigue. At the heart of the drama were the Janus-faced cousins who befriended and betrayed him--Henry Holland, his peacocking servant whose brother, the New England colonialist Robert Warwick, engineered the king's fall; and Lucy Carlisle, the magnetic 'last Boleyn girl' and faithless favorite of Charles's maligned and fearless queen.

The tragedy of Charles I was that he fell not as a consequence of vice or wickedness, but of his human flaws and misjudgments. The White King is a story for our times, of populist politicians and religious war, of manipulative media and the reshaping of nations. For Charles it ended on the scaffold, condemned as a traitor and murderer, yet lauded also as a martyr, his reign destined to sow the seeds of democracy in Britain and the New World.

Notă biografică

Leanda de Lisle is the highly acclaimed author of The Sisters Who Would Be Queen, After Elizabeth, and Tudor. She has been a columnist on the Spectator, Country Life, the Guardian, the Sunday Telegraph, and the Daily Express, and writes for the Daily Mail, the New Statesman, and the Sunday Telegraph. She lives in Leicestershire, England.

Recenzii

"Engaging.... Charleshad many virtues, and Ms. de Lisle does justice to them.... Ms. de Lisle'saccount of the Revolution and the war is excellent-clear, fair, sympathetic anddetailed.... she grants him the stature of a tragic hero."—Allan Massie, Wall Street Journal


"Leanda de Lisle has approached one of thegreat icons of history with understanding and compassion. She takes her readersthrough the twists and turns of the English Civil War so that they understand the enormity of theregicide and the foolishness and courage of the king."—Philippa Gregory, author of The Other Boleyn Girl
"Thereign of King Charles I of England is perhaps best known for its bloody end,when the monarch was beheaded on January 30, 1649.... The polarized natureof the debate concerning Charles's execution, however, has advanced asimplistic understanding of the Stuart king's legacy, one concerned chieflywith his abuses of power and attachment to the doctrine of divine right ofkings. Leanda de Lisle's new biography of Charles, based on existingscholarship as well as newly discovered letters from the king's own hand,promises to challenge this legacy."—The New Criterion Critic's Notebook
"Charles I(1600-1649) has always received bad press....veteran British historian de Lisle delivers amore generous portrait.... De Lisle's parliamentarians are an irascible group, resembling not somuch freedom fighters as the tea party; on the other hand, the author's Charlesoften seems the voice of reason. Recent elections in Britain and the UnitedStates have produced surprisingly dysfunctional governments. De Lisle's fine,revisionist view of Charles may arouse nostalgia for a time when nationalleaders, elected or not, looked out for the nonzealous majority."—Kirkus Reviews


"De Lisle paints asympathetic portrait [and] skillfully places Charles's story within the contextof religious, international, and domestic political rivalries.... Misogyny,religious prejudice, and prurient propaganda.... This fascinating look at asociety in turmoil and the resilient, principled leader who tried to remaintrue to his religious and dynastic responsibilities will leave readers todetermine for themselves the meaning of 'The White King,' .... An engrossingread."—Library Journal
"Charles I has longeluded even the most scholarly of biographers; his personal contradictions,attractive qualities and ludicrous blunders require a writer of rare talent tolet us appreciate the long-hidden character of the king."—Andrew Roberts, visiting professor, King's College London, and author of Napoleon: A Life
"Leanda de Lisle useshitherto unknown manuscripts to offer a sympathetic interpretation of thecharacter of Charles I that is more nuanced than previous treatments thankspartly to a highly original account of his much-maligned queen, HenriettaMaria. The White King interweaves personal, national and internationalevents in a vividly written account of his downfall and eventual execution in1649."—Andrew Jackson O'Shaughnessy, professor of history, University of Virginia, and author of The Men Who Lost America
"This new balanced biography of Charles I, Leanda de Lisle's The White King is somarvelous It blows away thepartisan fog and presents such an immediately recognizable human that allprevious tellings look like caricature.[Thebook] renderssufficiently broad strokes of macro history but is also microscopically filledwith careful archival detail only the best historians can dig up and make comealive almost effortlessly.... incisive, razor-sharp writing...a polishedbiographical gem ....[de Lisle] carefully integrates reliable new sourcedocumentation - including lost letters from a previously closed private archiveat Belvoir Castle - and capable critical analysis about Charles. It will bedefinitive for a long time."—Patrick Hunt, author of Hannibal, for Electrum Magazine
"By the end of thebook, I was sure that this was one of the best books on Charles I yet written.De Lisle certainly does know how to write strong, compelling narratives....Herbest - and vital - talent, is perhaps her commendable ability to see the wholepicture, the shades of grey."—Andrea Zuvich, author of A Year in the Life of Stuart Britain for The Seventeenth Century Lady
"The White King paints a brilliantly balanced look at thetragic life and complicated reign of King Charles I. Vivid in detail, Leanda deLisle's research is balanced and insightful.... Richly researched and engagingly written, youwill gain excellent insight not only into the life of King Charles I and thelives of those closest to him, but also the religious and governmental strifethat drove Scotland, Ireland, England and Wales into bitter religious and civilwar."—Queen Anne Boleyn.com
"De Lisle brings thefigures surrounding Charles I to life with the strident confidence thataccompanies the historian who fully understand their subject....A well-written and impeccably researched biography, The WhiteKing seeks not to revise the history of England's Civil Wars, butuncover the truth hidden beneath the grime of centuries of propaganda andmyth."—Adrienne Dillard, author of the best-selling Cor Rotto: A Novel of Catherine Carey
"The White Kingoffers gripping reading. It rewards those who read it a better understanding ofKing Charles I, and a greater appreciation for the events which shaped hislife."—Galveston Daily News
"De Lisle cuts aclear path through the complex politics surrounding the reign of Charles I andthe Civil War. Highly recommended."—Tudor Times
"The author's research and presentation are skilled and highly readable. . . It is an illuminating book."—Historical Novel Society

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Winner of the HWA Crown for Best Work of Historical Non-Fiction 2018Times Book of the YearLess than forty years after the golden age of Elizabeth I, England was at war with itself.