Description: This is the first comprehensive study of James VI's early life, his rise to power and the factional intrigues of his court. The Early Life of James VI provides a full assessment of James' early relationship with his mother, Mary Queen of Scots and includes major new archival research on James' early court and household.
Brief description: Steven Reid has a PhD in history from the University of St Andrews and is a Senior Lecturer in Scottish History at the University of Glasgow. He was the first recipient of the Scottish History Society Postgraduate Prize in Palaeography in 2007 and was a Fulbright Scholar and visiting lecturer in Church History at Yale Divinity School in 2012. His first book, Humanism and Calvinism (2011), won the Hume Brown Senior Prize in Scottish History.
Review Quotes: "An intimate and detailed history of young James, the political contexts in which he was brought up, and his character, objectives and practices. No one has written yet about James in such intimate and sustained terms."--Dr Anna Groundwater, National Museums Scotland