''The King's Minion'' or ''The Minion'' is a 1930

historical novel Historical fiction is a literary genre in which the plot takes place in a setting related to the past events, but is fictional. Although the term is commonly used as a synonym for historical fiction literature, it can also be applied to other ty ...

by the British-Italian writer

Rafael Sabatini Rafael Sabatini (29 April 1875 – 13 February 1950) was an Italian-born British writer of romance and adventure novels. He is best known for his worldwide bestsellers: ''The Sea Hawk'' (1915), ''Scaramouche'' (1921), ''Captain Blood'' (a.k.a ...

.Henderson & Kirkpatrick p.570 It is based on the life of Robert Carr, 1st Earl of Somerset charting his dramatic rise as favourite of

James I James I may refer to: People *James I of Aragon (1208–1276) *James I of Sicily or James II of Aragon (1267–1327) *James I, Count of La Marche (1319–1362), Count of Ponthieu *James I, Count of Urgell (1321–1347) *James I of Cyprus (1334–13 ...

and rapid fall during the Overbury Affair.

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* Henderson, Lesley & Kirkpatrick, Lesley D. L. ''Twentieth-century Romance and Historical Writers''. St. James Press, 1990 1930 British novels Novels by Rafael Sabatini Novels set in the 17th century Novels set in London British historical novels Hutchinson (publisher) books Houghton Mifflin books McClelland & Stewart books {{1930s-hist-novel-stub