Power and Glory: Jacobean England and the Making of the King James Bible
Author: Adam Nicolson
Complex currents flowed across Jacobean England. This was the England of Shakespeare, Jonson & Bacon; of the Gunpowder Plot; England’s worst plague outbreak; Arcadian landscapes; murderous, toxic slums; &, above all, of sometimes overwhelming religious passion. Jacobean England was both more godly & less godly than it had ever been. The entire culture was drawn taut betwee….Read More
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