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Author : Janet Southorn
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 18 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (317 download)
Download or read book Mary of Modena, Queen Consort of James II & VII written by Janet Southorn and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 18 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Catherine Curzon
Publisher : Pen and Sword History
ISBN 13 : 1473872650
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (738 download)
Download or read book The Imprisoned Princess written by Catherine Curzon and published by Pen and Sword History. This book was released on 2020-04-26 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This royal biography of the 17th century princess and mother of King George II recounts an epic tale of privilege, passion, scandal, and disgrace. When Sophia Dorothea of Celle married her first cousin, the future King George I, she was an unhappy bride. Filled with dreams of romance and privilege, she hated the groom she called “pig snout” and wept at news of her engagement. When she arrived in the austere court of Hanover, the vibrant young princess found herself ignored and unwanted—while her husband openly gallivanted with his mistress. Then Sophia Dorothea plunged into a dangerous affair with the dashing soldier Count Phillip Christoph von Königsmarck, a man as celebrated for his looks as his bravery. When he and Sophia Dorothea fell in love, they were dicing with death. Watched by a scheming countess who had ambitions of her own, it was only a matter of time before scandal gripped the House of Hanover. In the end, Sophia Dorothea was divorced, disgraced, and locked away in a gilded cage for 30 years—whilst her lover faced an even darker fate.
Author : John Callow
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 0752479881
Total Pages : 682 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (524 download)
Download or read book James II: King in Exile written by John Callow and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2011-11-30 with total page 682 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: James II was Britain’s last Catholic king. The spectacular collapse of his regime in 1688 and the seizure of his throne by his nephew William of Orange are the best-known events of his reign. But what of his life after this? What became of him during his final exile? John Callow’s groundbreaking study focuses on this hitherto neglected period of his life: the twelve years he spent attempting to recover his crown through war, diplomacy, assassination and subterfuge. This is the story of the genesis of Jacobitism; of the devotion of the fallen king’s followers, who shed their blood for him at the battle of the Boyne and the massacre at Glencoe, gave up estates and riches to follow him to France, and immortalised his name in artworks, print, and song. Yet, this first ‘King Over the Water’ was far more than a figurehead. A grim, inflexible warlord and a maladroit politician, he was also a man of undeniable principle, which he pursued regardless of the cost to either himself or his subjects. He was an author of considerable talent, and a monarch capable of successive reinventions. Denied his earthly kingdoms, he finally settled upon attaining a heavenly crown and was venerated by the Jacobites as a saint. This powerful, evocative and original book will appeal to anyone interested in Stuart history, politics, culture and military studies.
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Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (32 download)
Download or read book Exhibition of the Royal House of Stuart written by and published by . This book was released on 1889 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Rosalind K. Marshall
Publisher : Birlinn
ISBN 13 : 1788851846
Total Pages : 327 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (888 download)
Download or read book Scottish Queens, 1034–1714 written by Rosalind K. Marshall and published by Birlinn. This book was released on 2019-05-09 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An “enlightening and fascinating” exploration of Scotland’s royal women, from Lady Macbeth to Mary Queen of Scots and beyond (Booklist). The lives of the Scottish queens, both those who ruled in their own right and the consorts, have largely been neglected in conventional history books. One of the earliest known Scottish queens was none other than the notorious Lady Macbeth. Was she really the wicked woman depicted in Shakespeare’s famous play? Was St Margaret a demure and obedient wife? Why did Margaret Logie exercise such an influence over her husband, David II, and have we underestimated James VI’s consort, Anne of Denmark, frequently written off as a stupid and willful woman? Rosalind K. Marshall delves into these questions and more in this entertaining, impeccably researched book. “A broad, impressive historical work and solid introduction to Scottish history from an oft-ignored perspective: that of the queens who exercised power whenever and wherever they could find it.” —Foreword Reviews Includes illustrations and genealogical tables
Author : Aidan Norrie
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030951979
Total Pages : 383 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (39 download)
Download or read book Tudor and Stuart Consorts written by Aidan Norrie and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-07-20 with total page 383 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the lives and tenures of all the consorts of the Tudor and Stuart monarchs of England between 1485 and 1714, as well as the wives of the two Lords Protector during the Commonwealth. The figures in Tudor and Stuart Consorts are both incredibly familiar—especially the six wives of Henry VIII—and exceedingly unfamiliar, such as George of Denmark, the husband of Queen Anne. These innovative and authoritative biographies recognise the important role consorts played in a period before constitutional monarchy: in addition to correcting popular assumptions that are based on limited historical evidence, the chapters provide a fuller picture of the role of consort that goes beyond discussions of exceptionalism and subversion. This volume and its companions reveal the changing nature of English consortship from the Norman Conquest to today.
Author : Edward T. Corp
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521584623
Total Pages : 414 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (846 download)
Download or read book A Court in Exile written by Edward T. Corp and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Publisher Description
Author : Kenneth John Panton
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1538175770
Total Pages : 705 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (381 download)
Download or read book Historical Dictionary of the British Monarchy written by Kenneth John Panton and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2023 with total page 705 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Historical Dictionary of the British Monarchy, Second Edition contains a chronology, an introduction, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has more than 800 cross-referenced entries that cover significant events, places, institutions, and other aspects of British culture, economics, politics, and society.
Author : Agnes Strickland
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Total Pages : 692 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)
Download or read book Lives of the Queens of England written by Agnes Strickland and published by . This book was released on 1885 with total page 692 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Agnes Strickland
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 612 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Lives of the Queens of England, from the Norman Conquest written by Agnes Strickland and published by . This book was released on 1864 with total page 612 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Rachel Wilson
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
ISBN 13 : 178327039X
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (832 download)
Download or read book Elite Women in Ascendancy Ireland, 1690-1745 written by Rachel Wilson and published by Boydell & Brewer. This book was released on 2015 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The late seventeenth and early eighteenth century was a period of great social and political change within Ireland, as the Protestant Ascendancy gained control of the country, aided by the English government and aristocracy, withwhom the ruling class in Ireland mixed through marriage and travel. The resulting Anglo-Irish elite, with its distinct transnational identity, differed markedly from the preceding Irish elite, but, at the same time, because of itsIrish dimension, was very different also from the contemporary English and Scottish upper classes. Women played key roles in this Anglo-Irish elite, and the nature of the Protestant Ascendancy can only be completely understood byconsidering women's roles fully. This book provides a thorough examination of the role of women in Ascendancy Ireland. It discusses marriage, family and social life; explores women's roles in economic and political life and in charitable activities; and places Irish elite women of this period in their wider historiographical context. The book is based on extensive original research, including among the papers of aristocratic families in Ireland and Britain, and provides a wealth of detail on elite women's lives in this period. Rachel Wilson completed her doctorate in modern history at Queen's University, Belfast.
Author : Charles Eldridge Griffin
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 080323466X
Total Pages : 197 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (32 download)
Download or read book Four Years in Europe with Buffalo Bill written by Charles Eldridge Griffin and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody was the entertainment industry's first international celebrity, achieving worldwide stardom with his traveling Wild West show. For three decades he operated and appeared in various incarnations of "the western world's greatest traveling attraction," enthralling audiences around the globe. When the show reached Europe it was a sensation, igniting "Wild West fever" by offering what purported to be a genuine experience of the American frontier.
Author : Gary S. De Krey
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1137052287
Total Pages : 376 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (37 download)
Download or read book Restoration and Revolution in Britain written by Gary S. De Krey and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2017-09-16 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Charles II was restored to the rule of England, Scotland and Ireland in 1660, less than twelve years after the execution of his father, Charles I, and the ensuing republican experiment in government. Popular at first, the Restoration nevertheless failed to provide lasting settlement in any of the British kingdoms. Restoration and Revolution in Britain examines the political history of these kingdoms, from the Interregnum through Britain's eighteenth-century rise to power. Written especially for students approaching the Restoration for the first time, this essential introduction: - Assesses the reasons for the failure of settlement in the reigns of Charles and of his brother, James II - Integrates the histories of Charles's different realms - Examines the many connections between politics and Protestant religious disagreements - Provides helpful historical context for understanding a range of contemporary authors such as Bunyan, Locke and Milton - Concludes with an examination of the Glorious Revolution of 1688-89 and explains why settlement was finally achieved through revolution rather than through restoration
Author : London Library
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1360 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Catalogue of the London Library, St. James Square, London written by London Library and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 1360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Simon Hall
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135934851
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (359 download)
Download or read book The Hutchinson Illustrated Encyclopedia of British History written by Simon Hall and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-12-07 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Hutchinson Illustrated Encyclopedia of British History is a comprehensive and authoritative guide to the people, events, and ideas that have shaped Britain from prehistory to the present day. The editors have also sought to convey the truth that history is more than simply a compilation of facts from the past. The editors have included as much factual information as possible in each A-Z entry, and numerous tables and statistics are included, as well as many specially-created maps and plans. The chronological relationships of past events and lives are conveyed through various detailed subject chronologies (attached to the relevant A-Z entries). A large thematic chronology, following the A-Z text, provides a visual reference to the relationship between the events of British/Irish history and events elsewhere in the world. And the cultural context of as many entries as possible has been brought to life via a wide range of illustrations, which provide a wealth of visual detail and, often, a key to past conceptions. Interspersed in the text are 21 specially commissioned, extended feature articles from noted historians that provide the analysis and the sense of the broad sweep of history that would otherwise be impossible to convey in an A-Z reference book.
Author : John Callow
Publisher : Sutton Publishing
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 402 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The Making of King James II written by John Callow and published by Sutton Publishing. This book was released on 2000 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This account of King James II offers an appraisal of his career prior to 1685, examining his roles as soldier, administrator, and entrepreneur. It shows how his failure to harness political support effectively destabilised English politics.
Author : John Ashton Cannon
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0199550379
Total Pages : 721 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (995 download)
Download or read book A Dictionary of British History written by John Ashton Cannon and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2009-05-21 with total page 721 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This reference covers all aspects of the history of Britain from 55 BC to the present day. Over 3600 entries describe the people and events that have shaped domestic, political, social and cultural life in Britain over the past two millennia.
