'James VI and I King of Great Britain' by Irene Carrier (CUP, Cambridge, 1998)

'King James VI of Scotland and I of England' by Antonia Fraser (Weidenfield and Nicolson, London, 1994)

Places to visit
Stirling Castle
Edinburgh Castle
Holyrood Palace
The burgh of Culross
Falkland Palace
The National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh
The National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh
Claypotts Castle
Huntingtower

Websites
http://www.jesus-is-lord.com/kinginde.htm
This site provides a very large collection of material. There are several accounts of James' life and his times, including essays on Knox, Shakespeare and Elizabeth I, as well as examples of James' own writings.
Teachers should carefully control pupils' access to this site.

http://www.scotclans.com/clans/1582.htm
Material on this site deals with the year 1582 in terms of Esmé Stuart's influence, the response to him of Protestant lords, and the events of the Ruthven Raid of that year.