Servility and service : the life and work of Sir John Coke / Michael B. Young
1986, First Edition. Woodbridge, Suffolk ; Dover, N.H., USA : Published by the Boydell Press for the Royal Historical Society. Very good copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Item #405065
ISBN: 0861932021
Physical description: xii, 300 pages : portrait ; 23 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 278-289) and index. Contents: The early years -- Deputy-Treasurer of the Navy -- Premature retirement -- Commissioner for survey of the Navy -- A survey of the commissioner -- Doubtful reforms: 1619-1622 -- Master of requests -- Of love and war: 1623-1624 -- Buckingham's agent: 1624-1625 -- Secretary of state -- The Parliament of 1628 -- Shameful war fleets -- Politics and business in the 1630s -- Foreign affairs in the 1630s -- Decline and fall -- Kings cannot be served. Faculty collection -- Michael B. Young, Alumni. Subjects: Coke, John Sir 1563-1644; Statesmen Great Britain ; Biography; Hommes d'État Grande-Bretagne ; Biographies; Courts and courtiers; Politics and government; Statesmen; Great Britain Court and courtiers ; Biography; Great Britain Politics and government 1603-1649.
Price: €25.00