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    The Duke of Monmouth: Life and Rebellion
    The Duke of Monmouth: Life and Rebellion
    The Duke of Monmouth: Life and Rebellion
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    The Duke of Monmouth: Life and Rebellion

    By Laura Brennan

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    He was the illegitimate son of a king, a gallant and brave military hero, charming, handsome and well loved both within the court and with women; James Scott, Duke of Monmouth, had the life many would have envied in the seventeenth century.Monmouth lived in an age that was on the cusp of modernity. He lived through some of the biggest events and scandals of seventeenth century British history, including: the Restoration of his father, King Charles II; The Great Fire of London in 1666 and the last great plague to sweep through London killing thousands.James also experienced the political scandal of the Popish Plot; became embroiled in the foiled Rye House Plot, and was at the centre of the Exclusion Crisis, which was a major catalyst for the modern creation of our party political system.But what would turn the beloved darling of the Restoration court into a leading rebel?
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherOpen Road Integrated Media
    Release dateMay 30, 2018
    ISBN9781473894365
    The Duke of Monmouth: Life and Rebellion
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    Laura Brennan

    Born in London, Laura Brennan initially trained to become a journalist at Bournemouth University before gaining a BA Hons. degree in History from London Metropolitan University in 2005. While working at BBC Outside Broadcasts, she studied part time to gain her MA in History at Queen Mary University of London 2007 to 2009. It was while writing her Masters dissertation that she fell in love with the Duke of Monmouth. When not writing, Laura can be found enjoying the museums and galleries of London, snuggled up with a book or planning her next adventure in Europe.

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      Full disclosure, I’m friends with the author and that certainly impacted my reason for choosing this. However, like many Americans, I love the intrigues and scandals of British royal history, so I was eager to learn about an historical figure I was unfamiliar with.This book is very readable, and comparatively short for an historical biography. The writing is economical - only the critical things needed to put Monmouth in perspective are addressed. There is not a lot of unnecessary background on the various monarchs before Charles II. In addition to Monmouth’s parentage and upbringing, a lot of time is devoted to the political atmosphere following Cromwell’s Commonwealth (a period with no monarchy, after the execution of Charles I). I found this part fascinating. The author introduces and gives some context for the major players who will shape Monmouth, such as Shaftesbury, but also the early development of the Whig and Tory political parties. Though the author, like any good historian, tries to be impartial, some bias creeps through. And I was honestly delighted (as an outsider looking in). The author has an obvious affection for Monmouth, as mentioned in the introduction, but doesn’t have such a favorable view of Cromwell, or James II: "James 11 was a vain, petty, frivolous, mean man and such behaviour would not have been beneath him." Since James was the very reason for the Exclusion Crisis and rebellion, it’s not unsurprising that he is viewed this way by primary sources of the time, and contemporary historians. It made me interested to read a biography of James II.One challenge of this book was that the author assumes the audience has a basic familiarity of major events of the time period. Some things are referenced as if common knowledge, but not fully explained until much later. The “Secret Treaty of Dover”, the “Rye House Plot” and the “Exclusion Crisis” are all mentioned multiple times as having an impact on Monmouth but are not explained until late in the book. This is not uncommon for American authors writing about events surrounding the Civil War, so I would recommend that non-UK readers pop into Wikipedia for a quick overview before reading.One downside to the economical writing style is that some things are not expanded on that really should have been. It is never explained how the “Popish Plot” was revealed as fake, which I found very dissatisfying. An entire chapter discusses the plot, and its impact on Monmouth’s upcoming rebellion, but nothing as to how it was later discredited. I also would have liked to see a final chapter on the fallout for James II. The book ended with Monmouth’s execution (which I know makes sense), but James II was later deposed. As replacing him was the rebellion’s purpose, it would have made a nice wrap up to have that included.Overall, this was an excellent biography that made me eager to learn more about this time of history. I look forward to more from Laura Brennan.

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