Clare Jackson
Praise for The Mirror of Great Britain
The Mirror of Great Britain: A Life of James VI & I eschews the tired ‘cradle to grave’ format and presents James through a series of perfectly formed thematic chapters. It’s like seeing James through several ...
Alice Hunt, History Today, Best Books of the Year 2025
A magisterial biography.... [Clare Jackson's] excellent book takes in [James'] infancy as the son of the useless Mary, Queen of Scots, his succession to Elizabeth I, the high drama of the Gunpowder Plot and the scho ...
Dominic Sandbrook, The Times, Best Books of the Year 2025
Jackson’s biography is a thematic account of James’s life and times. The research is forensic and the extensive use of Scots language transports the reader to James’s world
Jock McFadyen RA, The Royal Academy Magazine, Best Books of the Year 2025
The Mirror of Great Britain: A Life of James VI & I eschews the tired ‘cradle to grave’ format and presents James through a series of perfectly formed thematic chapters. It’s like seeing James through several ...
Alice Hunt, History Today, Best Books of the Year 2025
A magisterial biography.... [Clare Jackson's] excellent book takes in [James'] infancy as the son of the useless Mary, Queen of Scots, his succession to Elizabeth I, the high drama of the Gunpowder Plot and the scho ...
Dominic Sandbrook, The Times, Best Books of the Year 2025
Jackson’s biography is a thematic account of James’s life and times. The research is forensic and the extensive use of Scots language transports the reader to James’s world
Jock McFadyen RA, The Royal Academy Magazine, Best Books of the Year 2025
The Mirror of Great Britain: A Life of James VI & I eschews the tired ‘cradle to grave’ format and presents James through a series of perfectly formed thematic chapters. It’s like seeing James through several ...
Alice Hunt, History Today, Best Books of the Year 2025
A magisterial biography.... [Clare Jackson's] excellent book takes in [James'] infancy as the son of the useless Mary, Queen of Scots, his succession to Elizabeth I, the high drama of the Gunpowder Plot and the scho ...
Dominic Sandbrook, The Times, Best Books of the Year 2025
Jackson’s biography is a thematic account of James’s life and times. The research is forensic and the extensive use of Scots language transports the reader to James’s world
Jock McFadyen RA, The Royal Academy Magazine, Best Books of the Year 2025