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King across the Border
LEANDA DE LISLE BRINGS A LEARNED but light touch to a short period in Anglo-Scottish history as she describes the events which led to James VI carrying off the crown of England.
She does so because her enjoyment of the tale is obvious rather than contrived, as some have been. Moreover, she is a good storyteller. The fact that there is little or nothing new to say about this period at the start of the 17th century matters not.
For many years before the death of Elizabeth I, her courtiers, especially the Cecils, were most concerned about the succession. Robert Cecil, her last secretary, had a very clear and simple view: if there was no announced successor then one should be found and the business of putting that person on the throne should be quietly manoeuvred.
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