Captain Luckless: James, First Duke Of Hamilton
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Yellowed
In the turbulent heart of seventeenth-century Britain, where loyalty was a currency as volatile as gunpowder, James Hamilton, First Duke of Hamilton, navigated the most treacherous political terrain of his age — and lost. Captain Luckless chronicles the dramatic life of a Scottish nobleman who served as a central, if ultimately ill-fated, figure in the court of Charles I, shuttling between royal ambition and the catastrophic upheaval of the Civil Wars, only to face the executioner's block in 1649. Hilary L. Rubinstein presents a meticulously researched and compellingly written biography that illuminates Hamilton not merely as a casualty of circumstance, but as a man whose vacillation and divided loyalties made him the architect of his own downfall. Drawing on primary sources, Rubinstein illustrates the broader collapse of Stuart power through the prism of one man's spectacular personal tragedy, weaving Scottish and English politics into a rich, detailed tapestry. For readers who wish to understand the human cost behind the great constitutional crisis of the 1640s, this biography poses a haunting question: was Hamilton truly unlucky, or was fate simply the mirror of his own character?
Author: Hilary L. Rubinstein
Format: Hardback
Published: 1975, Scottish Academic Press
Genre: Biography
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Yellowed
In the turbulent heart of seventeenth-century Britain, where loyalty was a currency as volatile as gunpowder, James Hamilton, First Duke of Hamilton, navigated the most treacherous political terrain of his age — and lost. Captain Luckless chronicles the dramatic life of a Scottish nobleman who served as a central, if ultimately ill-fated, figure in the court of Charles I, shuttling between royal ambition and the catastrophic upheaval of the Civil Wars, only to face the executioner's block in 1649. Hilary L. Rubinstein presents a meticulously researched and compellingly written biography that illuminates Hamilton not merely as a casualty of circumstance, but as a man whose vacillation and divided loyalties made him the architect of his own downfall. Drawing on primary sources, Rubinstein illustrates the broader collapse of Stuart power through the prism of one man's spectacular personal tragedy, weaving Scottish and English politics into a rich, detailed tapestry. For readers who wish to understand the human cost behind the great constitutional crisis of the 1640s, this biography poses a haunting question: was Hamilton truly unlucky, or was fate simply the mirror of his own character?