In the Beginning,
James.
Orphaned, bullied, lonely, and unloved as a boy, in time the
young King of Scots overcame his troubled beginnings to ascend the English
throne at the height of England’s Golden Age. In an effort to pacify rising
tensions in the Anglican Church, and to reflect the majesty of his new reign,
he spearheaded the most important literary undertaking in Western history—the
translation of the Bible into a beautiful, lyrical, and accessible English.
David Teems’s narrative crackles with wit, using a
thoroughly modern tongue to reanimate the life of this seventeenth century
king—a man at the intersection of political, literary, and religious thought,
yet a man of contrasts, dubbed by one French king as “the wisest fool in
Christendom.”
Warm, insightful, even at times amusing, Teems’s depiction
of King James has all the elements of a grand tale—conspiracy, kidnapping,
witchcraft, murder, love, despair, loss. Majestie
offers an engaging new look at the world’s most cherished, revered, and influential
translation of Sacred Writ and the king behind it.
“Engrossing and entertaining…a delightful read in
every way.” – Publishers Weekly
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