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Book Synopsis Imperial Mother, Royal Daughter by : Queen Marie Antoinette (consort of Louis XVI, King of France)
Download or read book Imperial Mother, Royal Daughter written by Queen Marie Antoinette (consort of Louis XVI, King of France) and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Body of the Queen by : Regina Schulte
Download or read book The Body of the Queen written by Regina Schulte and published by Berghahn Books. This book was released on 2006 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Inspired by existential thought, but using ethnographic methods, Michael Jackson explores a variety of contemporary topics, including 9/11, episodes from the war in Sierra Leone and its aftermath, the marginalization of indigenous Australians, the application of new technologies, mundane forms of ritualization, the magical use of language, the sociality of violence, the prose of suffering, and the discourse of human rights. Throughout this compelling work, Jackson demonstrates that existentialism, far from being a philosophy of individual being, enables us to explore issues of social existence and coexistence in new ways, and to theorise events as the sites of a dynamic interplay between the finite possibilities of the situations in which human beings find themselves and the capacities they possess for creating viable forms of social life."--BOOK JACKET.
Book Synopsis Imperial Requiem by : Justin C. Vovk
Download or read book Imperial Requiem written by Justin C. Vovk and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2014-06 with total page 643 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Book Synopsis Charlotte and Feodora by : John Van der Kiste
Download or read book Charlotte and Feodora written by John Van der Kiste and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-07-30 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1900, almost two years after Princess Feodora of Saxe-Meiningen married Prince Henry XXX of Reuss, her mother Charlotte, eldest sister of the German Emperor William, told a friend that her daughter was beyond her comprehension, and vowed to exclude her from her home 'for ever'. Charlotte had long had an uneasy relationship with her mother, now the Empress Frederick, a daughter of Queen Victoria, but her relationship with her only child astonished the family. Mother and daughter both suffered from porphyria, the disorder which appears to have exacerbated the personality differences between them. Charlotte, a frivolous-minded young woman known for her love of society life and gossip, and later her involvement in the anonymous letters scandal which plagued Berlin high society from 1892 onwards, had never really wanted children, while Feodora's life was embittered by her failure to have a family. This short life of both women examines the troubled lives which led to estrangement and in Feodora's case ended in tragedy.
Book Synopsis Female Portraiture and Patronage in Marie Antoinette's Court by : Sarah Grant
Download or read book Female Portraiture and Patronage in Marie Antoinette's Court written by Sarah Grant and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-09-03 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive book brings to light the portraits, private collections and public patronage of the princesse de Lamballe, a pivotal member of Marie-Antoinette’s inner circle. Drawing extensively on unpublished archival sources, Sarah Grant examines the princess’s many portrait commissions and the rich character of her private collections, which included works by some of the period’s leading artists and artisans. The book sheds new light on the agency, sorority and taste of Marie-Antoinette and her friends, a group of female patrons and model of courtly collecting that would be extinguished by the coming revolution.
Book Synopsis Marie-Antoinette and Count Fersen by : Evelyn Farr
Download or read book Marie-Antoinette and Count Fersen written by Evelyn Farr and published by Peter Owen Publishers. This book was released on 2014-04-01 with total page 391 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new edition draws on fresh evidence from archive sources—including decoded secret correspondence—to peel back the layers of misinformation obscuring the Queen's great love affair and to reveal its impact on the destiny of the French Royal Family The tragic life of Marie-Antoinette, last Queen of France, has assumed almost mythical proportions. A victim of political intrigue, she was known as the "Austrian whore" and accused of every imaginable sexual and political crime. Yet after the French Revolution she was reinvented as a martyr, and the image of the woman behind the propaganda grew even more distorted. Daughter of the Austrian Empress Maria Theresa, Marie-Antoinette was married at the age of 15 to the heir to the French throne. The vivacious Archduchess had charm and intelligence, while the Dauphin, crowned Louis XVI in 1774, was boorish, gauche, and unable to consummate their marriage. Rebuffed by him, the young girl engaged in a hectic social life and looked elsewhere for love. This book charts her transformation from reckless teenager to dignified yet misunderstood Queen and maps out in detail her enduring relationship with Axel von Fersen. Their liaison, based on deep affection and mutual passion, began long before revolutionary storm clouds gathered over France. Although known to insiders at court, her love for the chivalrous and handsome Swedish Count was suppressed in the many attempts to manipulate the Queen's image.
Book Synopsis In Triumph's Wake by : Julia P. Gelardi
Download or read book In Triumph's Wake written by Julia P. Gelardi and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2009-12-08 with total page 672 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The powerful and moving story of three royal mothers whose quest for power led to the downfall of their daughters. Queen Isabella of Castile, Empress Maria Theresa of Austria, and Queen Victoria of England were respected and admired rulers whose legacies continue to be felt today. Their daughters—Catherine of Aragon, Queen of England; Queen Marie Antoinette of France; and Vicky, the Empress Frederick of Germany—are equally legendary for the tragedies that befell them, their roles in history surpassed by their triumphant mothers. In Triumph's Wake is the first book to bring together the poignant stories of these mothers and daughters in a single narrative. Isabella of Castile forged a united Spain and presided over the discovery of the New World, Maria Theresa defeated her male rivals to claim the Imperial Crown, and Victoria presided over the British Empire. But, because of their ambition and political machinations, each mother pushed her daughter toward a marital alliance that resulted in disaster. Catherine of Aragon was cruelly abandoned by Henry VIII who cast her aside in search of a male heir and tore England away from the Pope. Marie Antoinette lost her head on the guillotine when France exploded into Revolution and the Reign of Terror. Vicky died grief-stricken, horrified at her inability to prevent her son, Kaiser Wilhelm, from setting Germany on a belligerent trajectory that eventually led to war. Exhaustively researched and utterly compelling, In Triumph's Wake is the story of three unusually strong women and the devastating consequences their decisions had on the lives of their equally extraordinary daughters.
Book Synopsis Identity, Gender, and Status in Japan by : Takie Lebra
Download or read book Identity, Gender, and Status in Japan written by Takie Lebra and published by Global Oriental. This book was released on 2007-06-21 with total page 469 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As one of Japan’s leading post-war anthropologists, the writings of Takie Lebra have had significant impact on Western understanding and appreciation of the structures and workings of Japanese society. In particular, her research into the notions of self and self-other relationships, issues of gender and women and motherhood has provided a new paradigm in the way these issues are now addressed. Similarly, her analysis of the status culture of royalty and the aristocracy in Japan, based on extensive field study, which culminated in her book Above the Clouds: Status Culture of the Modern Japanese Nobility (1993), has been widely regarded as the most important contribution of its kind to date. This volume brings together twenty-four of the author’s key papers on the three principal areas of her research over the last thirty-five years, and includes a complete Bibliography of her published writings, subdivided into books, articles in journals or as book chapters, and book reviews. The collection is introduced by Takie Lebra herself, in which she first ‘reviews’ selected essays appearing in the volume, along with a consideration of the contemporary controversy surrounding the imperial succession. In conclusion, by way of a personal ‘mini memoir’, she offers what she terms ‘a sentimental reverie on my own self as a “native outsider”’.
Book Synopsis Handsome Prince, Come to my Embrace by : Xiao Mo
Download or read book Handsome Prince, Come to my Embrace written by Xiao Mo and published by Funstory. This book was released on 2020-03-01 with total page 913 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: He was originally a traitor to the country, and should have died in front of the Darkya Realm. He lost his memory and became a substitute wife, marrying him. On the night of their wedding, the man bent over to pinch her chin, his ruthless gaze containing a few hints of ridicule and coldness. He raised his eyebrows and chuckled, "What are you afraid of? Isn't that what you want? A woman who wants to capture him! " With a candle in his bridal room, he tore apart the beautiful red bridal dress she was wearing and stomped on the ground together with her dignity. Her unintentional survival had caused her to become embroiled in a bloody crisis, making her a debt of hatred. In order to let everyone around her live on in peace, she was willing to let him have their way, but her heart slowly sank! It was only when he personally poured that bowl of bitter abortion medicine into her mouth that she fell into despair. When the truth was revealed, she knelt in front of him, tears streaming down her face. Her frail eyes were filled with the bitterness of many years. "Let me go..." A piece of paper had broken her love, but it had aroused his feelings ...
Book Synopsis Royal Women at Ugarit by : Christine Neal Thomas
Download or read book Royal Women at Ugarit written by Christine Neal Thomas and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2024-09-27 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume challenges patrimonialism as a political model for the ancient Near East by engaging with letters and legal texts concerning royal women at Late Bronze Age Ugarit, demonstrating women’s pivotal roles in the exercise of power, and then bringing these insights to bear on the Hebrew Bible. The book offers a new vision of how women figure in ancient political systems. Through an analysis of royal letters, legal verdicts, and regional records, it examines overt claims and implicit anxieties concerning the pivotal roles of royal women. Three case studies from Late Bronze Age Ugarit reveal that a single woman functioning in a range of modalities—mother, daughter, sister, and wife—brokered a network of relationships among a range of men. Patrimonialism depended on the political polyvalence of women. Texts from Ugarit attest to this reality, and the biblical royal women of the House of David amplify its significance. This analysis of women’s activity within and among royal households is productive not only for the study of the Late Bronze Age Levant, but also as a model for analogous inquiries into ancient societies and other systems in which data are thin and patrimonialism widely in evidence. Royal Women at Ugarit is suitable for students and scholars working on women and gender in the ancient Near East, as well as those interested in the political realm of the Late Bronze Age and the intersections of biblical literature with other ancient texts.
Book Synopsis Civic Ritual and Drama by : Wim N. M. Hüsken
Download or read book Civic Ritual and Drama written by Wim N. M. Hüsken and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2023-04-12 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Late medieval and renaissance cities, though powerful communities jealous of their own jurisdiction, were constantly negotiating their relationships with other secular and religious authorities. The seven essays in this collection treat various aspects of civic display and pageantry during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. The overwhelming sense one receives is that the solemne pomps were essentially about power -- how to get it, display it, share it and retain it. Each paper demonstrates how, through ceremony and symbol, municipalities sought to fashion their own corporate self-image in order to establish the limits of their authority in relationship to the countervailing powers sur-rounding them. The essays are concerned with the period before the ever widening impact of the Reformation and the intellectual and political revolutions it spawned had reached the level of civic pageantry. In the varied rituals considered here we can see reflected the highly sophisticated minds of their creators using the symbolic landscape of their religious and cultural past in important acts of corporate self-fashioning.
Book Synopsis Schemes in Royal Palace by : Du ZiQingXian
Download or read book Schemes in Royal Palace written by Du ZiQingXian and published by Funstory. This book was released on 2020-06-24 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: She was ten years old when she followed her sister into the palace. At the age of twenty, she witnessed her sister's tragic death and used the Empress to climb into the dragon bed. He had personally witnessed his sister being buried alive and had used tricks to topple Lin Caixia for her revenge. However, the culprit was someone else. Step by step, he had followed up on a shocking secret that had surfaced ... The Martial Imperial Concubine saw that the Emperor had been rendered speechless by Leng Qingyan's question. Her cold eyes were surging with dark emotions as she said in a weak voice, "Your Majesty, please don't misunderstand the imperial concubine. I don't think that it was the imperial concubine who did this." "If she didn't make it, could it be that you poisoned yourself?" — This book is a bit abusive. The female lead is not limited to the palace. [Previous Chapter] [Table of Contents] [Next Chapter]
Book Synopsis Legitimate Daughter Never Be Concubine by : Miao XingRen
Download or read book Legitimate Daughter Never Be Concubine written by Miao XingRen and published by Funstory. This book was released on 2019-12-30 with total page 754 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Once it was an aerial disaster for the universe, Su Jinyue, as one of the outstanding Businesswoman of the thirty-first century, became the richest man in the Direct Daughter, whose father was not in pain but was also afraid of being forced to jump into the lake to commit suicide.Daddy not in pain? Little Sister Shu's framing? Abandoned Scumbag? Su Jinyue expressed that this was none of his business! Their grandma would make them kneel down one by one and call them 'great king'.However... That prince, you wait!You look like my future husband. Can you marry me? The kind that can give birth!
Download or read book The Bourbons written by J H Shennan and published by Bloomsbury Continuum. This book was released on 2007-04-28 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presenting the history of the Bourbons, this title provides a comprehensive look through the rise, fall, and semi-rise again of the great French dynasty.
Book Synopsis Evil Prince, Don't Provoke Me by : Xiao Moxixi
Download or read book Evil Prince, Don't Provoke Me written by Xiao Moxixi and published by Funstory. This book was released on 2020-03-01 with total page 912 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: He was originally a traitor to the country, and should have died in front of the Darkya Realm. He lost his memory and became a substitute wife, marrying him. On the night of their wedding, the man bent over to pinch her chin, his ruthless gaze containing a few hints of ridicule and coldness. He raised his eyebrows and chuckled, "What are you afraid of? Isn't that what you want? A woman who wants to capture him! " With a candle in his bridal room, he tore apart the beautiful red bridal dress she was wearing and stomped on the ground together with her dignity. Her unintentional survival had caused her to become embroiled in a bloody crisis, making her a debt of hatred. In order to let everyone around her live on in peace, she was willing to let him have their way, but her heart slowly sank! It was only when he personally poured that bowl of bitter abortion medicine into her mouth that she fell into despair. When the truth was revealed, she knelt in front of him, tears streaming down her face. Her frail eyes were filled with the bitterness of many years. "Let me go..." A piece of paper, cut off her love, but hooked up with his
Download or read book Roaming Soul written by Xi Yu and published by Funstory. This book was released on 2020-04-20 with total page 1285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ups and downs were like a dream or illusion. Three hundred years ago, she doted on her as much as she could. She was the daughter of heaven. Three hundred years later, she would drink every single drop of blood and live a life worse than death. Her power came from her bloodline, finally her bloodline. Mufei's affair had been exposed, and she had lost everything almost overnight. A secret decree had been made. She had been stripped of her divine records, stripped of her divine bones, and exiled into the desolate mountains. In hell, she was the bane of eating human flesh. Three hundred years later, when she returned to the ten thousand dynasties, she turned back into the noble Wang Ji. The winner is the king and the loser is the thief
Download or read book The Duchess written by Amanda Foreman and published by Random House. This book was released on 2008-09-08 with total page 530 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK • NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE Lady Georgiana Spencer was the great-great-great-great-aunt of Diana, Princess of Wales, and was nearly as famous in her day. In 1774 Georgiana achieved immediate celebrity by marrying William Cavendish, fifth duke of Devonshire, one of England’s richest and most influential aristocrats. She became the queen of fashionable society and founder of the most important political salon of her time. But Georgiana’s public success concealed an unhappy marriage, a gambling addiction, drinking, drug-taking, and rampant love affairs with the leading politicians of the day. With penetrating insight, Amanda Foreman reveals a fascinating woman whose struggle against her own weaknesses, whose great beauty and flamboyance, and whose determination to play a part in the affairs of the world make her a vibrant, astonishingly contemporary figure. Praise for The Duchess “Georgiana bursts from the pages of Amanda Foreman’s dazzling biography like the force of nature she undoubtedly was–passionate, political, addicted to gambling, and drunk on life. This is a stunning book about an astonishing woman.”–Simon Schama “Biography at its best . . . seamlessly merges a life and its times, capturing not just an individual but an age.”–The New York Times Book Review “Riveting . . . marvelously diverting.”–The New Yorker
