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G. P. R. James

George Payne Rainsford James was an English novelist and historical writer, the son of a physician in London. He was for many years British Consul at various places in the United States and on the Continent. He held the honorary office of British Historiographer Royal during the last years of William IV's reign. [Wikipedia]

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English novelist and historical writer

Born 9 Aug 1799
Died 9 Jun 1860

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English novelist and historical writer

Born 9 Aug 1799
Died 9 Jun 1860
Subjects
Fiction, History, Fiction, historical, general, Biography, English fiction, France, fiction, Robin Hood (Legendary character), Fiction, action & adventure, Fiction, historical, Great Britain in fiction, Great britain, fiction, Huguenots, Outlaws, genealogy, France in fiction, Agincourt, Battle of, Agincourt, France, 1415, Albigense, Albigenses, Bataille d'Azincourt, Azincourt, France, 1415, Boundaries, Capture, 1759, Catholics, Chivalry, Convicts, Corn laws (Great Britain)
Places
France, Great Britain, Sherwood Forest (England), United States, Agincourt, Canada, England, Germany, Ghent (Belgium), Northeast boundary of the United States, Nottingham (England), Palatinate (Germany), Scotland, Ticonderoga (N.Y.), États-Unis
People
Richard I King of England (1157-1199), Armand Jean du Plessis Richelieu duc de (1585-1642), Louis XIII King of France (1601-1643), Agnes Sorel (approximately 1422-1450), Agnès Sorel (ca. 1422-1450), Anna Comnena (b. 1083), Anne consort of Louis, King of France, 13th, Arabella Stuart Lady (1575-1615), Armand du Plessis Richelieu Duc de, Arthur I Duke of Brittany (1187-1203), Arthur Wellesley Wellington Duke of (1769-1852), Axel Oxenstierna greve (1583-1654), Blanche de Navarre, Queen, consort of Philip VI. King of France (ca.1331-1398), Charlemagne Emperor (742-814), Charlemagne Holy Roman Emperor (742?-814), Edward Prince of Wales (1330-1376), Edward prince of Wales, called the Black prince, Elizabeth I Queen of England (1533-1603), François-Michel Le Tellier Louvois marquis de (1641-1691), Frederick I King of Bohemia (1596-1632), Friedrich I King of Bohemia and elector Palatine (1596-1632), Gaspar de Guzmán Olivares conde-duque de (1587-1645), Henri Guise I de Lorraine 3. duc de, called Le Balafŕe (1550-1588), Henri Guise I, de Lorraine 3. duc de (1550-1588), Henri Guise duc de (1550-1588)
Time
Richard I, 1189-1199, 19th century, Civil War, 1642-1649, Henry IV, 1589-1610, Louis XIV, 1643-1715, Louis XV, 1715-1774, 1265, 16th century, 1789, To, Charles II, 1660-1685, Frederick V, 1610-1623, French and Indian War, 1755-1763, Henry II, 1547-1559, Henry VIII, 1509-1547, Louis XIII, 1610-1643, Richard III, 1483-1485, To 987

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