“My marriage is not an affair of the heart. Local politicians, foreign governments, and my mother are all harassing me with advice, which is more in their interests than mine, or the country’s. A lot of money is flowing into the pockets of even my most trusted advisers to persuade them to influence me to choose a particular candidate.”
– an excerpt from the book
Author Reputation Press is honored to publish “Brides for A King: Fathers, Daughters and the National Interest: England & France 1660-1” by Geoff Quaife. This book is now available on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and the ARPress website.
“Brides for A King: Fathers, Daughters and the National Interest: England & France 1660-1” by Geoff Quaife addresses the complex historical dynamics surrounding royal marriages and their implications for national interests during the specified period. The narrative focuses on intrigue, family relationships, and political motivations that influenced such unions in England and France.
Author Geoff Quaife, born and educated in Melbourne, Australia, has been a university lecturer, historian, and academic administrator, spending most of his working life in Armidale in regional NSW. He is the author of academic works on witchcraft and sexuality and the fifteen earlier Luke Tremayne adventures.
The narrative centers on Luke, who is ordered by the King to investigate the intrigues and deaths surrounding the King’s forthcoming marriage. This investigation highlights not only the personal stakes involved for the families of the brides but also the broader political contexts that these marriages served to navigate. Such historical accounts reveal the often murky intersections of personal and national interests during this era.
Luke is ordered by the King to investigate the intrigues and deaths surrounding the King’s forthcoming marriage—with particular emphasis on England’s foreign policy and national security.
The increased attacks on past mistresses and potential wives might be central to these concerns or stem from the simple jealousy of women anxious to obtain the King’s favor or lying about their past relationships, conflicts often within the same family; or do these current problems stem from events that occurred during the King’s decade in exile; or the current greed and ambition of powerful noble dynasties.
The book delves into themes of power, familial duty, and the strategic nature of royal marriages, especially as they pertain to shaping alliances and national policy during a tumultuous time in English and French history. It provides insight into how these unions were not merely matters of love or personal desire but were undertaken with the preeminent goal of serving the national interest.
By exploring these themes, Quaife contributes to a broader understanding of how royal family dynamics were crucial to political stability and power in early modern Europe.
“Brides for A King: Fathers, Daughters and the National Interest: England & France 1660-1” by Geoff Quaife is now available for purchase via ARPress Bookstore: https://authorreputationpress.com/bookstore/brides-for-a-king-fathers-daughters-and-the-national-interest-england-france-1660-1/.