EARLY PRAISE FOR QUEEN JAMES 'Books like this don't come along very often. Told with Gareth Russell's characteristic verve and exquisite eye for detail, it is a story so compelling and surprising that it feels as if it has been hiding in plain sight for 400 years. A stunning achievement and a must for history fans everywhere' TRACY BORMAN, Chief Historian Historic Royal Palaces 'Gareth Russell cannot write an uninteresting book and this study of the heir to Elizabeth 1 describes the orphaned boy and lonely youth to better understand the troubled man he became. James is that most interesting of men - one whose best acts contribute to his own destruction.It is a warts and all story told with compassion' PHILIPPA GREGORY Powerful and personal, Russell's superb telling of the life and loves of James VI and I enhances our understanding of this largely overlooked, yet hugely significant, British monarch. Thoroughly researched and bursting with delicious details, Queen James is an important book that is both masterful and utterly captivating. This is Russell at his absolute best' NICOLA TALLIS, historian and author The Young Elizabeth PRAISE FOR THE PALACE 'A fascinating chronicle . brilliantly researched.

a history of the British monarchy seen through the prism of Hampton Court' THE TIMES 'Riotously readable . Russell gives a tender and affectionate account of a royal palace that is less about bricks and mortar than the men and women who down the centuries have breathed it into glamorous, scandalous and tragic life' MAIL ON SUNDAY 'Scintillating.it's hard to imagine anyone writing a better version of the book Russell sets out to write than the racy delight we have here' SPECTATOR 'If a house could gossip, this is the book that Hampton Court would whisper. An enjoyable and readable stroll through 500 years of Hampton Court history: royal residents, common visitors, thieves, invaders and ghosts' PHILIPPA GREGORY.