The fall of a Stuart spin doctor
The Duke of Buckingham served King James I better as a lover than a statesman – and his blunders laid the ground for civil war.
ByNew Times,
New Thinking.
Rowan Williams is former Archbishop of Canterbury from 2002 to 2012, and a contributing writer to the New Statesman.
The Duke of Buckingham served King James I better as a lover than a statesman – and his blunders laid the ground for civil war.
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