The Scapegoat: The Brilliant Brief Life of the Duke of Buckingham

by Lucy Hughes-Hallett

From the winner of the Baillie Gifford Prize, an extraordinary story of the meteoric rise and fall of King James I's favorite, George Villiers, the first Duke of Buckingham.

As the king's lover, Buckingham was one of the most flamboyant and enigmatic seventeenth-century Englishmen at the heart of royal and political life. A dazzling figure on horseback and a skillful player of the political game, he rapidly transformed the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0062940139
• ISBN13: 9780062940131
• Release Date: December 2024
• Publisher: Harper
• Length: 688 Pages