The Determined Lady Elizabeth
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Determined Women
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Author : Jennifer Birkett
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 1991-04-23
Determined Women written by Jennifer Birkett and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991-04-23 with Political Science categories.
The essays in this collection look at some of the images and categories which have shaped Western women's sense of themselves in the twentieth century. The approach of the collection is interdisciplinary, bringing together the perspectives of literary criticism, social history and linguistics. Its focus is international, with contributions on Britain, France, Germany, the United States and Canada. The collection shows both the similarity and the diversity of women's experience in a world determined by patriarchal assumptions, where women's only hope of change lies in developing a determination of their own.
The Lady Elizabeth
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Author : Alison Weir
language : en
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Release Date : 2008-08-05
The Lady Elizabeth written by Alison Weir and has been published by Ballantine Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-08-05 with Fiction categories.
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A masterful novel exploring the early life of young Elizabeth Tudor, who would become England’s most intriguing and powerful queen, from acclaimed historian Alison Weir “Engrossing . . . Weir marries conjecture with what is known about the life of Elizabeth I from childhood to coronation, and it makes for ripping good reading.”—Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Even at age two, Elizabeth is keenly aware that people in the court of her father, King Henry VIII, have stopped referring to her as “Lady Princess” and now call her “the Lady Elizabeth.” Before she is three, she learns of the tragic fate that has befallen her mother, the enigmatic and seductive Anne Boleyn, and that she herself has been declared illegitimate, an injustice that will haunt her. What comes next is a succession of stepmothers, bringing with them glimpses of love, fleeting security, tempestuous conflict, and tragedy. The death of her father puts the teenage Elizabeth in greater peril, leaving her at the mercy of ambitious and unscrupulous men. Like her mother two decades earlier she is imprisoned in the Tower of London—and fears she will also meet her mother’s grisly end. Power-driven politics, private scandal and public gossip, a disputed succession, and the grievous example of her sister, “Bloody” Queen Mary, all cement Elizabeth’s resolve in matters of statecraft and love, and set the stage for her transformation into the iconic Virgin Queen. Alison Weir uses her deft talents as historian and novelist to exquisitely and suspensefully play out the conflicts between family, politics, religion, and conscience that came to define an age. Sweeping in scope, The Lady Elizabeth is a fascinating portrayal of a woman far ahead of her time—an orphaned girl haunted by the shadow of the axe, an independent spirit who must use her cunning and wits for her very survival, and a future queen whose dangerous and dramatic path to the throne shapes her future greatness. BONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from Alison Weir’s Mary Boleyn.
Lady Of The English
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Author : Elizabeth Chadwick
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2011-06-02
Lady Of The English written by Elizabeth Chadwick and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-06-02 with Fiction categories.
Two very different women . . . Linked by destiny and a power struggle for the English crown. Empress Matilda, daughter of Henry I, is determined to win back her crown from Stephen, the usurper king, against all odds and despite all men. Adeliza, Henry's widowed queen and Matilda's stepmother, has always been on Matilda's side but now she is married to William D'Albini, a warrior of the opposition. In a world where a man's word is law, how can Adeliza obey her husband while supporting Matilda, the rightful queen? What does it cost to be 'Lady of the English'?
The Lady Elizabeth
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Author : Alison Weir
language : en
Publisher: Random House Digital, Inc.
Release Date : 2008
The Lady Elizabeth written by Alison Weir and has been published by Random House Digital, Inc. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Fiction categories.
A vivid fictional portrait of the tumultuous early life of Queen Elizabeth I describes her perilous path to the throne of England and the scandal, political intrigues, and religious turmoil she confronted along the way, from the deaths of her parents, Anne Boleyn and Henry VIII, to the fanaticism of her sister, Mary I. By the author of Innocent Traitor. 75,000 first printing.
A Compromised Lady
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Author : Elizabeth Rolls
language : en
Publisher: HarperCollins Australia
Release Date : 2011-01-01
A Compromised Lady written by Elizabeth Rolls and has been published by HarperCollins Australia this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-01-01 with Fiction categories.
A Compromised Lady Elizabeth Rolls As a girl she had been bubbling over with mischief. As a woman she seemed half lost in shadow. But Richard Blakehurst couldn't miss the connection between them when his hand touched hers. It was as if he had awakened something deep inside her. Seeing Richard again brought back the taunting memory of their dance at her come–out ball. She must tame her wayward thoughts because Thea doubted even her considerable fortune could buy Richard's good opinion of her if ever he learnt the truth.
A Most Determined Woman
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Author : Emma Blair
language : en
Publisher: Orbit Books
Release Date : 1989-01-01
A Most Determined Woman written by Emma Blair and has been published by Orbit Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989-01-01 with categories.
Elizabeth
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Author : John Guy
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 2016-05-03
Elizabeth written by John Guy and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-05-03 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
COSTA AWARD FINALIST ECONOMIST BOOK OF THE YEAR FINANCIAL TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR Film rights acquired by Gold Circle Films, the team behind My Big Fat Greek Wedding “A fresh, thrilling portrait… Guy’s Elizabeth is deliciously human.” –Stacy Schiff, The New York Times Book Review A groundbreaking reconsideration of our favorite Tudor queen, Elizabeth is an intimate and surprising biography that shows her at the height of her power. Elizabeth was crowned queen at twenty-five, but it was only when she reached fifty and all hopes of a royal marriage were behind her that she began to wield power in her own right. For twenty-five years she had struggled to assert her authority over advisers, who pressed her to marry and settle the succession; now, she was determined not only to reign but to rule. In this magisterial biography, John Guy introduces us to a woman who is refreshingly unfamiliar: at once powerful and vulnerable, willful and afraid. We see her confronting challenges at home and abroad: war against France and Spain, revolt in Ireland, an economic crisis that triggers riots in the streets of London, and a conspiracy to place her cousin Mary Queen of Scots on her throne. For a while she is smitten by a much younger man, but can she allow herself to act on that passion and still keep her throne? For the better part of a decade John Guy mined long-overlooked archives, scouring handwritten letters and court documents to sweep away myths and rumors. This prodigious historical detective work has enabled him to reveal, for the first time, the woman behind the polished veneer: determined, prone to fits of jealous rage, wracked by insecurity, often too anxious to sleep alone. At last we hear her in her own voice expressing her own distinctive and surprisingly resonant concerns. Guy writes like a dream, and this combination of groundbreaking research and propulsive narrative puts him in a class of his own. "Significant, forensic and myth-busting, John Guy inspires total confidence in a narrative which is at once pacey and rich in detail." -- Anna Whitelock, TLS “Most historians focus on the early decades, with Elizabeth’s last years acting as a postscript to the beheading of Mary Queen of Scots and the defeat of the Spanish Armada. Guy argues that this period is crucial to understanding a more human side of the smart redhead.” – The Economist, Book of the Year
A Most Determined Woman
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Author : Emma Blair
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1998
A Most Determined Woman written by Emma Blair and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with Shipping categories.
My Lady Clancarty
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Author : Mary Imlay Taylor
language : en
Publisher: Good Press
Release Date : 2019-12-18
My Lady Clancarty written by Mary Imlay Taylor and has been published by Good Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-12-18 with Fiction categories.
'My Lady Clancarty' is a romance novel set during the Victorian era, and tells the story of a relationship between the Earl of Clancarty and Lady Elizabeth "Betty" Spencer. Lady Betty Clancarty, the daughter of the Earl of Sunderland and the maiden wife of an Irish peer, is described as a woman with a slight pensiveness to her beauty, for she was beautiful; yet there were times when the gaiety of a vivacious spirit broke through all restraints, and she was the light-hearted, witty girl that nature had intended her to be. Her eyes—beautiful eyes they were, too,—were large, clear and sparkling with spirit, and the soft tints of her complexion and the glossy waves of her dark hair combined to make a charming picture, far more human and bewitching, indeed, than her own portrait from the brush of Lely, hanging in the great gallery at Althorpe. The pensiveness of her expression showed only when her face was in repose; when she smiled the sun shone through the cloud. Her figure was gracefully tall in its gown of white dimity flowered with pink, the neck dressed open with falls of lace, and the full sleeves loose and flowing at the elbow.
Lives Of The Queens Of England
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Author : Agnes Strickland
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1852
Lives Of The Queens Of England written by Agnes Strickland and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1852 with Queens categories.