Jackie Cosh
Autor de The King with the Iron Belt: The life of King James IV of Scotland
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- 2
- Miembros
- 3
- Popularidad
- #1,791,150
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- 3.5
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Yet biographies of James are few and far between, which makes each one important.
Not that this one will add anything to our knowledge. The bibliography has just nineteen items, almost all secondary sources -- the book itself is only about a hundred pages long. There is no original research and not much original insight. If you want a full-scale relatively modern biography, you're probably still going to have to go for Norman MacDougall's James IV. But this is a nice easy read, mostly well-written although there are a few silly errors that a good editor would have caught (it appears to be self-published). If all you need is a quick overview of the life of this under-reported king, this is a good place to start.… (más)