The Imperial Wife
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The Imperial Wife
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Author : Irina Reyn
language : en
Publisher: Macmillan
Release Date : 2016-07-19
The Imperial Wife written by Irina Reyn and has been published by Macmillan this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-07-19 with Fiction categories.
"The Imperial Wife is a smart, engaging novel that parallels two fascinating worlds and two singular women. Irina Reyn writes beautifully of immigrants, art and the vagaries of love". --Jess Walter, National Book Award finalist and author of the New York Times bestseller, Beautiful Ruins Two women's lives collide when a priceless Russian artifact comes to light. Tanya Kagan, a rising specialist in Russian art at a top New York auction house, is trying to entice Russia's wealthy oligarchs to bid on the biggest sale of her career, The Order of Saint Catherine, while making sense of the sudden and unexplained departure of her husband. As questions arise over the provenance of the Order and auction fever kicks in, Reyn takes us into the world of Catherine the Great, the infamous 18th-century empress who may have owned the priceless artifact, and who it turns out faced many of the same issues Tanya wrestles with in her own life. Suspenseful and beautifully written, The Imperial Wife asks whether we view female ambition any differently today than we did in the past. Can a contemporary marriage withstand an “Imperial Wife”?
Women Shall Not Rule
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Author : Keith McMahon
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Release Date : 2013-06-06
Women Shall Not Rule written by Keith McMahon and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-06-06 with History categories.
Chinese rulers guaranteed male successors by taking multiple wives, sometimes in the thousands. Women Shall Not Rule is a fascinating history of the imperial wives and concubines, especially in light of the greatest challenges to polygamous harmony—rivalry between women and their attempts to engage in politics. Keith McMahon, a leading expert on the history of gender in China, draws upon decades of research to describe polygamous emperors and women rulers throughout Chinese history. Displaying rare historical breadth, his lively and fascinating study will be invaluable as a comprehensive and authoritative resource for all readers interested in the domestic life of royal palaces across the world.
Chinese Imperial Women 2010 Edition Epub
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Author : Lim SK
language : en
Publisher: Asiapac Books Pte Ltd
Release Date : 2018-11-12
Chinese Imperial Women 2010 Edition Epub written by Lim SK and has been published by Asiapac Books Pte Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-11-12 with Comics & Graphic Novels categories.
The word 'harem' often conjures up images of beautiful, half-dressed oriental women lounging in some stately pleasure dome, waiting for the opportunity to satisfy their masters. And in some ways this was not far from the truth. Tang Dynasty Emperor Xuanzong had 40,000 women in his harem, while the Qing emperors would fill their harem with the most eligible girls in the country for both pleasure and procreation. Some emperors were blessed with empresses who led their dynasties to prosperity and stability. Many emperors, however, found out that they had taken on more than they expected with the arrival of talented, ruthless and ambitious beauties. Wu Zetian was one such woman. Arriving in the harem of Tang Emperor Taizong as a sweet-faced 14-year-old, she went on, through treachery and murder, to become empress. This book tells the stories of the outstanding, the outrageous, the glorious as well as the tragic empresses and concubines of the Chinese palace.
The Governor S Wife
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Author : Mathilda Malling
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2017-05-20
The Governor S Wife written by Mathilda Malling and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-05-20 with Fiction categories.
Excerpt from The Governor's Wife: Pictures From the Imperial Court of France, 1806-1807Car mon coeur abondait en souvenirs fldeles. Dans notre ciel sinistre et sur nos tristes jours Ton noble esprit planait avec de nobles ailes. Comma nu aigle souvent, comme nu ange toujours.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
The Governor S Wife Madame Junot
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Author : Mathilda Malling
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1904
The Governor S Wife Madame Junot written by Mathilda Malling and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1904 with France categories.
Imperial Requiem
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Author : Justin C. Vovk
language : en
Publisher: iUniverse
Release Date : 2014-06
Imperial Requiem written by Justin C. Vovk and has been published by iUniverse this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-06 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Augusta Victoria, Mary, Alexandra, and Zita were four women who were born to rule. In Imperial Requiem, Justin C. Vovk narrates the epic story of four women who were married to the reigning monarchs of Europe's last empires during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Using a diverse array of primary and secondary sources, letters, diary entries, and interviews with descendants, Vovk provides an in-depth look into the lives of four extraordinary women who stayed faithfully at their husbands' sides throughout the cataclysm of the First World War and the tumultuous years that followed. At the centers of these four great monarchies were Augusta Victoria, Germany's revered empress whose unwavering commitment to her bombastic husband made her a national icon; Mary, whose Cinderella story and immense personal strength made her the soul of the British monarchy through some of its greatest crises; Alexandra, the ill-fated tsarina who helped topple the Russian monarchy through her ineffective rule; and Zita, the resolute empress of Austria whose story of loss and exile captivated the world's attention for seven decades. Imperial Requiem shares the fascinating story of four princesses who married for love, graced imperial thrones, and watched as their beloved worlds were torn apart by war, revolution, heartache, and loss.
Sabina Augusta
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Author : T. Corey Brennan
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2018
Sabina Augusta written by T. Corey Brennan and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018 with History categories.
"Sabina Augusta: an Imperial Journey synthesizes the textual and (massive) material evidence on the empress Sabina (born ca. 85--died ca. 137). The book traces the development of Sabina's partnership with her husband, the emperor Hadrian (reigned 117-138), and shows the vital importance of the empress for Hadrian's own aspirations" --
The Red Brush
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Author : Wilt L. Idema
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2020-03-23
The Red Brush written by Wilt L. Idema and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-03-23 with Literary Criticism categories.
"One of the most exciting recent developments in the study of Chinese literature has been the rediscovery of an extremely rich and diverse tradition of women’s writing of the imperial period (221 B.C.E.–1911 C.E.). Many of these writings are of considerable literary quality. Others provide us with moving insights into the lives and feelings of a surprisingly diverse group of women living in Confucian China, a society that perhaps more than any other is known for its patriarchal tradition.Because of the burgeoning interest in the study of both premodern and modern women in China, several scholarly books, articles, and even anthologies of women’s poetry have been published in the last two decades. This anthology differs from previous works by offering a glimpse of women’s writings not only in poetry but in other genres as well, including essays and letters, drama, religious writing, and narrative fiction.The authors have presented the selections within their respective biographical and historical contexts. This comprehensive approach helps to clarify traditional Chinese ideas on the nature and function of literature as well as on the role of the woman writer."
Imperial Women In Byzantium 1025 1204
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Author : Barbara Hill
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2014-06-11
Imperial Women In Byzantium 1025 1204 written by Barbara Hill and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-06-11 with History categories.
This book will be essential reading for anyone studying Byzantine history in this period. It ranges in time from the death of the emperor Basil II in 1025 to the sacking of the city of Constantinople by the Fourth Crusaders in 1204, spanning the rise and fall of the successful Komnenos dynasty. Eleventh-century Byzantine history is unusual in that imperial women were able to wield immense power and in this ground-breaking book Dr Hill explores why this was possible and, equally, why they lost their position of influence a century later.
Chinese Women In The Imperial Past
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Author : Harriet Zurndorfer
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2022-08-22
Chinese Women In The Imperial Past written by Harriet Zurndorfer and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-08-22 with History categories.
The present volume is the result of a Leiden University workshop on women in imperial China by a group of international scholars. In recent years Chinese women and gender studies have attracted more and more attention, and this book is one of the first efforts to focus on major aspects of this subject. It covers a wide range of topics and disciplines, including bibliography, demography, history, legal studies, literature, history of medicine, and philosophy. Chinese Women in the Imperial Past can rightly be seen as connected with the new Brill journal NAN NÜ, Men, Women and Gender in Early and Imperial China, which was founded to provide the scholarly community with a lasting forum in which the subject of Chinese women and gender can be dealt with in its own right.