In 1603 the elizabethan era ended with the last tudor monarchs death and the stuart dynasty began with the coronation of james i formerly james vi of scotland lee gives the political background by skillfully summarizing the past intrigues of the tudor era drawing on chronicles diaries and letters lee paints a lively picture of the society that the new king inherited a condensed . A book dealing with the death of queen elizabeth i the return of the black plague the rise of shakespeare piracy witchcraft and the birth of the stuart era certainly sounds fascinating the year 1603 may have been interesting and important enough to merit an entire book but not this particular book as much as it purports to be about england in 1603 the author really spends so much . 1603 the death of queen elizabeth i the return of the black plague the rise of shakespeare piracy witchcraft and the birth of the stuart era item preview remove circle share or embed this item embed embed for wordpresscom hosted blogs and archiveorg item description tags want more advanced embedding details examples and help no favorite share flag flag this item for . 1603 the death of queen elizabeth i the return of the black plague the rise of shakespeare piracy witchcraft and the birth of the stuart era item preview remove circle share or embed this item embed embed for wordpresscom hosted blogs and archiveorg item description tags want more advanced embedding details examples and help no favorite share flag flag this item for . 1603 the death of queen elizabeth i the return of the black plague the rise of shakespeare piracy witchcraft and the b amazonca lee christopher books