Eleanor Countess Of Desmond
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Eleanor Countess Of Desmond C 1545 1638
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Author : Anne Chambers
language : en
Publisher: Wolfhound Press (IE)
Release Date : 1986
Eleanor Countess Of Desmond C 1545 1638 written by Anne Chambers and has been published by Wolfhound Press (IE) this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1986 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Eleanor Countess Of Desmond
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Author : Anne Chambers
language : en
Publisher: Gill & Macmillan
Release Date : 2011
Eleanor Countess Of Desmond written by Anne Chambers and has been published by Gill & Macmillan this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Originally published: Eleanor, Countess of Desmond, c. 1545-1638. 1986.
Eleanor Countess Of Desmond
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Author : Anne Chambers
language : en
Publisher: Gill & Macmillan Ltd
Release Date : 2001-02-25
Eleanor Countess Of Desmond written by Anne Chambers and has been published by Gill & Macmillan Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-02-25 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Set in a period of invasion, military conflict, social and political chaos perpetrated by the Tudor conquest of Ireland, the story of Eleanor, Countess of Desmond recounts the heroic efforts of a woman to protect her family against insurmountable odds. Aristocratic, educated, intelligent and able, Lady Eleanor Butler's destiny was as a wife and mother. But marriage to Garret FitzGerald, the powerful Earl of Desmond, hurls her headlong into a maelstrom of invasion, rebellion, intrigue, appalling cruelty, double-dealing, confiscation plantation, famine, social and political meltdown, as she and her husband become embroiled in a struggle to the death against the formidable, Machiavellian government of Queen Elizabeth I of England. Enduring imprisonment, exile, poverty, hunger and deprivation, her only son held hostage in the Tower of London, her mission to save the House of Desmond, her husband, her children and herself from annihilation becomes Eleanor's obsession and for which she will sacrifice anything, including herself. When all seems lost, like some latter-day phoenix, she rises, time after time, to bravely confront each new challenge. The life of Eleanor, Countess of Desmond is the story of the triumph of the human spirit against the most horrific adversity. In this vigorous and deeply moving biography that has all the constituents of a Shakespearean tragedy, sourced from primary contemporaneous manuscripts, including the Countess of Desmond's own letters, Anne Chambers, author of the bestselling Granuaile, vividly brings the life of this neglected heroine to light against the backdrop of one of the most convoluted and traumatic periods in Irish history.
The Secret Life Of Eleanor
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Author : T. Evan Williams
language : en
Publisher: CreateSpace
Release Date : 2013-10-01
The Secret Life Of Eleanor written by T. Evan Williams and has been published by CreateSpace this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-10-01 with History categories.
This is the first of two volumes distilled from the recently discovered secret memoirs of the great Desmond Countess of Tudor and Stuart Ireland. The life, loves, triumphs and tragedies of a great woman, as recalled from childhood by the long- forgotten old woman.
Eleanor Of Aquitaine
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Author : Desmond Seward
language : en
Publisher: Hippocrene Books
Release Date : 1978
Eleanor Of Aquitaine written by Desmond Seward and has been published by Hippocrene Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1978 with History categories.
This volume is a biography of Eleanor of Aquitaine (ca.1122-1204) one of the wealthiest and most powerful women in Western Europe during the High Middle Ages. First, she became First Lady of France as the wife of Louis VII, and then First Lady of England when she next married Henry II. Many saw her as a ruthless hellcat, governed by a lust for power, who schemed against her husband and dominated the lives of her sons, Richard the Lionheart and King John. Shakespeare portrayed her as a "monstrous injurer of heaven and earth." Yet there was another side to this powerful queen consort. Worshipped by men and idealized in the songs of the troubadours, she was the sex symbol of her age. She also became renowned as a generous and strong ruler, throwing off the constraints that shackled twelfth-century women. Among her achievements was her patronage of the abbey at Fontevrault, a refuge for battered wives
Wild Irish Women
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Author : Marian Broderick
language : en
Publisher: The O'Brien Press
Release Date : 2012-11-15
Wild Irish Women written by Marian Broderick and has been published by The O'Brien Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-11-15 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
From patriots to pirates, warriors to writers, and mistresses to male impersonators, this book looks at the unorthodox lives of inspiring Irish women. In times when women were expected to marry and have children, they travelled the world and sought out adventures; in times when women were expected to be seen and not heard, they spoke out in loud voices against oppression; in times when women were expected to have no interest in politics, literature, art, or the world outside the home, they used every creative means available to give expression to their thoughts, ideas and beliefs. In a series of succinct and often amusing biographies, Marian Broderick tells the life stories of these exceptional Irish women.
Eleanor De Montfort
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Author : Louise J. Wilkinson
language : en
Publisher: A&C Black
Release Date : 2012-03-08
Eleanor De Montfort written by Louise J. Wilkinson and has been published by A&C Black this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-03-08 with History categories.
As sister of Henry III and aunt of the future Edward I, Eleanor de Montfort was at the heart of the bloody conflict between the Crown and the English barons. At Lewes in 1264 Simon de Montfort captured the king and secured control of royal government. A woman of fiery nature, Eleanor worked tirelessly to support her husband's cause. She assumed responsibility for the care of the royal prisoners and she regularly dispatched luxurious gifts to Henry III and the Lord Edward. But the family's political fortunes were shattered at the battle of Evesham in August 1265 where Simon de Montfort was killed. The newly-widowed Eleanor rose to her role as matriarch of her family, sending her surviving sons - and the family treasure - overseas to France, negotiating the surrender of Dover Castle and securing her own safe departure from the realm. The last ten years of her life were spent in the Dominican convent at Montargis. Drawing on chronicles, letters and public records this book reconstructs the narrative of Eleanor's remarkable life.
The Field Day Anthology Of Irish Writing
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Author : Seamus Deane
language : en
Publisher: NYU Press
Release Date : 1991
The Field Day Anthology Of Irish Writing written by Seamus Deane and has been published by NYU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991 with English literature categories.
Eleanor Of Aquitaine
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Author : Desmond Seward
language : en
Publisher: Thistle Publishing
Release Date : 2013-09-01
Eleanor Of Aquitaine written by Desmond Seward and has been published by Thistle Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-09-01 with categories.
Dominating her own twelfth century, famous for her beauty and generosity, Eleanor of Aquitaine was queen to Louis VII of France and then Henry II of England. Worshipped by troubadours, she had an uneasy relationship with her husbands, scheming against King Henry, who then kept her in prison for fifteen years. Emerging at his death to become regent for her son Richard I, she ordered the release of prisoners throughout England, announcing, 'From my own experience, prisons are hateful to men and being released from them is a most delightful refreshment to the spirit.' She also patronized the great abbey of nuns at Fontevrault, as a refuge for battered wives of brutal. Today her glamour, her patronage of the poets and her throwing off the constraints which shackled the women of her day are almost forgotten, as are her gifts as politician and ruler. This book reconciles the paradoxes in the formidable personality of 'a monstrous injurer of heaven and earth', who was loved and admired by so many.
Grace O Malley
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Author : Anne Chambers
language : en
Publisher: Gill & Macmillan Ltd
Release Date : 2018-10-26
Grace O Malley written by Anne Chambers and has been published by Gill & Macmillan Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-10-26 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Grace O'Malley is unique as the only woman recorded on the famous Baptista Boazio map of Ireland (1599), a tribute to the status she achieved as a leader on land and at sea in the 16th century. In 1979 Anne Chambers' original biography of this famous Irishwoman, who over the centuries had been airbrushed from historical record, put her on the map once again. The biography became a milestone in Irish publishing and the catalyst for the restoration of Grace O'Malley to political, social and maritime history, as well as establishing her as an inspirational female role model in the classroom.In the 40th anniversary edition of this international bestselling biography, drawn from rare contemporary manuscript records, the author presents Ireland's great pirate queen not as a vague mythological figure but as one of the world's most extraordinary female leaders. Political pragmatist and tactician, rebel, intrepid mariner and pirate, wife, lover, mother, grandmother and matriarch, the 'most notorious woman in all the coasts of Ireland', Grace O'Malley challenged and triumphed over the social and political barriers she encountered in the course of her long, pioneering life.Breaching boundaries of gender imbalance and bias in a period of immense social and political upheaval and change, Grace O'Malley rewrote the rules to become one of the world's first recorded feminist trailblazers.This updated anniversary edition brings Grace O'Malley's story to a new generation awakened to the global focus on gender equality as well as positive ageing.