The King and the Quaker: A Study of William Penn and James II

by Vincent Buranelli

Book Overview

This is a critical study of the astonishing friendship between William Penn and James II--"two cardinal personalities of the modern era, authoritative men who deflected the political current of their time and left lasting influences that still can be felt on both sides of the Atlantic." Their friendship is no mere sidelight to seventeenth-century English history; indeed, it is not so much the friendship of a Quaker and a Catholic that intrigues...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1512810770
• ISBN13: 9781512810776
• Release Date: January 1962
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press Anniversary
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"