Majestie : The King Behind the King James Bible

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Mom and Dad (or, An evening with the Macbeths) -- A fawn among jackals -- Rockabye sweet baby James -- The most valuable life in Scotland -- Greek before breakfast, Latin before Scots -- A timid, friendless boy -- Speak of me as I am -- You don't know Jack -- Mum -- The age was lousy with poets -- Double, double, toil, and trouble -- The supremest thing on Earth -- 1603 -- The Hampton Court Conference -- With all the lightness of an afterthought -- The Elizabethan aesthetic -- All the King's men -- The lost bois -- To the chief musician -- Finishing touches -- The pan king.