ISBN10: 0007108931, ISBN13: 9780007108930, [publisher: Harper Collins] Hardcover Used
[Long Beach, CA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2003]

Harper Collins 2003 Cloth Very Good in Very Good jacket Size: 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall; Type: Book N.B. Slight yellowing to pages. A fascinating, lively account of the making of the King James Bible. James VI of Scotland--now James I of England--came into his new kingdom in 1603. Trained almost from birth to manage rival political factions, he was determined not only to hold his throne, but to avoid the strife caused by religious groups that was bedevilling most European countries. He would hold his God-appointed position and unify his kingdom. Out of these circumstances, and involving the very people who were engaged in the bitterest controversies, a book of extraordinary grace and lasting literary appeal was created: the King James Bible. 47 scholars from Cambridge, Oxford and London translated the Bible, drawing from many previous versions, and created what many believe to be the greatest prose work ever written in English--the product of a culture in a peculiarly conflicted era. This was the England of Shakespeare, Marlowe, Jonson and Bacon; but also of extremist Puritans, the Gunpowder plot, the Plague, of slum dwellings and crushing religious confines. Quite how this astonishing translation emerges is the central question of this book. Far more than Shakespeare, this Bible helped to create and shape the language. It is the origin of many of our most familiar phrases, and the foundations of the English-speaking world. It was a generous and deliberate decision to make ...

ISBN10: 0007108931, ISBN13: 9780007108930, [publisher: HarperCollins, London] Hardcover Signed Adam Nicolson to title page. No other marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and with minor bumping to upper front and lower rear corners. 281pp. An account of Jacobean England and the making of the King James Bible.which took place between 1604 and 1611. Little is known about the men who did this monumental translation but all the available knowledge is set out here by the author, as are the stories of others involved including King James. We do not use stock photos, the picture displayed is of the actual book for sale. Every one of our books is in stock in the UK ready for immediate delivery. Size: 9.5 x 6.25 inches
[Hyde, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2003]
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HarperCollins Publishers Ltd 2003 Hard cover HarperCollins. 2003. Hard Cover. Book: Very Good. DJ: Very Good. 9.5x6.5. 281pp. Frontis, some colour & b/w plates, illus endpapers.

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[Denver, CO, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2003]

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[Denver, CO, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2003]

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[North Las Vegas, NV, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2003]

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