learned to read with the King James Bible at her grandmother's knee. She taught her own children to read with it, and they, now living in England, are in turn teaching their children to read with it.

Three of their seven children survived into adulthood ... James's great contributions to England was the Authorised King James's Version of the bible (1611) which was to become the standard ...

Eventually in 1603 Elizabeth died and James was offered the throne. The succession passed smoothly and James VI of Scotland became James I of England and Ireland. Although promising to return to ...