Queen James: The Life and Loves of Britain’s First King Mother Courage and a decade-long love affair

and a decade-long love affair that ended in assassination

To mark the 400th anniversary of the publication of Shakespeare's First Folio  "the most renowned collection of the playwright's works“ the design team at Shakespeare's Globe drew inspiration from the delicate original woodcut illustrations featured in the Folio to create beautiful letterforms

Official poster for the 2012 production of Henry V in the Globe Theatre at Shakespeare's Globe

Official poster for the 2018/2019 production of Macbeth in the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse at Shakespeare's Globe

The book is structured in a few sections

Queen James: The Life and Loves of Britain’s First King Mother Courage and a decade-long love affairElizabeth was king, then James was queen. English author (1603) James Stuart, King of England, Scotland, and Ireland did not always love wisely, but he never failed to do so boldly. He fell in love three times with a Scottish lord, a knight and George Villiers, the handsomest man in the whole world. He was infatuated three more times with a Highland earl, a Welsh lord and an English spy. We know so much about the six wives of Henry VIII, why not the