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Author : Marjorie Bowen
Publisher : T. Allen
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (2 download)
Download or read book Mistress Nell Gwyn written by Marjorie Bowen and published by T. Allen. This book was released on 1926 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Charles Beauclerk
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780333904718
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (47 download)
Download or read book Nell Gwyn written by Charles Beauclerk and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beautiful, quick-witted, good humoured and sexually magnetic, Nell Gwyn remains one of England's great folk-heroines. The story of her exceptional rise from an impoverished childhood (she was the fatherless daughter of an alcoholic bawd) to the wealth and connections that came with being the lover of one history's most louche kings, is a highly charged mix of lust, money, high politics and love.Possibly a child prostitute, 'pretty Nelly', as Samuel Pepys called her in his diary, was famously spotted selling oranges in the first Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. She took to the stage and became the most successful comedienne of her day with parts written for her by the great dramatists of the age. It was while she was performing that she caught the eye of Charles II, the newly restored, pleasure-seeking, 'merry monarch' of a nation in full hedonistic reaction to puritan rule.
Author : Sarah-Beth Watkins
Publisher : Pen and Sword History
ISBN 13 : 1399000578
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (99 download)
Download or read book Charles II's Favourite Mistress written by Sarah-Beth Watkins and published by Pen and Sword History. This book was released on 2021-10-30 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nell Gwyn, the most infamous mistress of Charles II, was a commoner raised from the dingy back alleys of London to the stage and into a king’s arms. Hers was a true rags to riches story that saw a young girl rise from selling oranges to capturing the heart of a king. The Restoration period was one of change. After the troubled years of the English Civil War, it was time for pleasure, debauchery and entertainment with the ‘Merry Monarch’ restored to the throne. Nell was one of the first actresses on stage; a loveable comedienne who wowed audiences with her wit and charm. She fell in love with Charles Hart (one of the leading actors of the time), had a torrid affair with Lord Buckhurst and ultimately ended up in the king’s bed. She stayed on the stage for six years, but she stayed in the king’s heart for seventeen – his only mistress who was faithful to him. Set against the backdrop of Restoration London, this book charts Nell’s life and that of her family and friends – from her drunken mother and troublesome sister to the most notorious wits of the age John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester and George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham. Nell had a generous heart and a mischievous spirit, and was friends with people from all walks of life. The only woman she really detested was another of the king’s mistresses, Louise de Kerouaille, known as the French Spy. This highly entertaining book will tell the story of Nell’s life – the good and the bad – and show why Nell truly embodies the spirit of the Restoration.
Author : Marjorie Bowen
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (558 download)
Download or read book Mistress Nell Gwyn written by Marjorie Bowen and published by . This book was released on 1949 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Derek Parker
Publisher : Sutton Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780750927048
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (27 download)
Download or read book Nell Gwyn written by Derek Parker and published by Sutton Publishing. This book was released on 2001 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nell Gwyn Entertains the reader with the story of the actress nell Gwyn, daughter of a brothel keeper who became Charles II's favorite mistress.
Author : Alison Conway
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
ISBN 13 : 1442698616
Total Pages : 313 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (426 download)
Download or read book The Protestant Whore written by Alison Conway and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2010-03-20 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After the restoration of the English monarchy in 1660, Protestants worried that King Charles II might favour religious freedom for Roman Catholics, and many suspected that the king was unduly influenced by his Catholic mistresses. Nell Gwyn, actress and royal mistress, stood apart by virtue of her Protestant loyalty. In 1681, Gwyn, her carriage surrounded by an angry anti-Catholic mob, famously declared 'I am the protestant whore.' Her self-branding invites an investigation into the alignment between sex and politics during this period, and in this study, Alison Conway relates courtesan narrative to cultural and religious anxieties. In new readings of canonical works by Aphra Behn, Daniel Defoe, Henry Fielding, and Samuel Richardson, Conway argues that authors engaged the same questions about identity, nation, authority, literature, and politics as those pursued by Restoration polemicists. Her study reveals the recurring connection between sexual impropriety and religious heterodoxy in Restoration thought, and Nell Gwyn, writ large as the nation's Protestant Whore, is shown to be a significant figure of sexual, political, and religious controversy.
Author : John Harold Wilson
Publisher : New York : Pellegrini & Cudahy
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Nell Gwyn, Royal Mistress written by John Harold Wilson and published by New York : Pellegrini & Cudahy. This book was released on 1952 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Biography of the actress and courtesan.
Author : Charles Beauclerk
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780802142740
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (427 download)
Download or read book Nell Gwyn written by Charles Beauclerk and published by . This book was released on 2006-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by a direct descendant of the union between Nell Gwyn and King Charles II, Nell Gwyn tells the story of one of England's great folk heroines, a woman who rose from an impoverished, abusive childhood to become King Charles II's most cherished mistress, and the star of one of the great love stories of royal history. Born during a tumultuous period in England's past, Nell Gwyn caught the eye of King Charles II, the newly restored, pleasure-seeking "merry monarch" of a nation in full hedonistic reaction to Puritan rule. Their seventeen-year love affair played out against the backdrop of the Great Fire of London, the Great Plague, court scandals, and the constant threat of political revolution. Despite his other lovers' Machiavellian efforts to win the king's favor and humiliate Nell, the self-proclaimed "Protestant whore" earned the devotion of her king and the love of her nation, becoming England's first "people's princess." Magnificently recreating the heady and licentious, yet politically charged atmosphere of Restoration England, Nell Gwyn tells the true-life Cinderella story of a common orange salesgirl who became mistress to a king.
Author : Susan Holloway Scott
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 9780451224064
Total Pages : 452 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (24 download)
Download or read book The King's Favorite written by Susan Holloway Scott and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2008-07-01 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The acclaimed author of Duchess and Royal Harlot returns with the unforgettable story of a king's last love and London's darling? BRNell Gwyn has never been a lady, nor does she pretend to be. Blessed with impudent wit and saucy beauty, she swiftly rises from the poverty of Covent Garden to become a sensation in the theater. Still in her teens, she catches the eye of King Charles II, and trades the stage for Whitehall Palace-and the role of royal mistress. Even though she delights the king, she must learn to negotiate the cutthroat royal court, where ambition and lust for power rule the hearts of all around her. For beneath her charm and light-heartedness, Nell has her own ambition-to become no less than the king's favorite.
Author : Lewis Saul Benjamin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 390 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Nell Gwyn written by Lewis Saul Benjamin and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Jessica Swale
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781848425590
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (255 download)
Download or read book Nell Gwynn written by Jessica Swale and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: London, 1660. King Charles II has exploded onto the scene with a love of all things loud, extravagant and sexy. And at Drury Lane, a young Nell Gwynn is causing stirrings amongst the theatregoers. Nell Gwynn charts the rise of an unlikely heroine, from her roots in Coal Yard Alley to her success as Britain's most celebrated actress, and her hard-won place in the heart of the King. But at a time when women are second-class citizens, can her charm and spirit protect her from the dangers of the Court? Jessica Swale's exhilarating take on the heady world of Restoration theatre premiered at Shakespeare's Globe, London, in September 2015, before transferring to the West End in February 2016, starring Gemma Arterton. It won the Olivier Award for Best New Comedy in 2016.
Author : George Cochrane Hazelton
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)
Download or read book Mistress Nell written by George Cochrane Hazelton and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : JOHN HAROLD. WILSON
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781033796719
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (967 download)
Download or read book NELL GWYN written by JOHN HAROLD. WILSON and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Frank Frankfort Moore
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (6 download)
Download or read book Nell Gwyn--comedian written by Frank Frankfort Moore and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Priya Parmar
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1439171181
Total Pages : 464 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (391 download)
Download or read book Exit the Actress written by Priya Parmar and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2011-02-01 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the critically acclaimed author of Vanessa and Her Sister, the debut novel hailed by New York Times bestselling author Philippa Gregory as “a vivid imagining of the restoration London of Charles II with Nell Gwynn as a powerful and engaging heroine.” While selling oranges in the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden, sweet and sprightly Ellen "Nell" Gwyn impresses the theater’s proprietors with a wit and sparkle that belie her youth and poverty. She quickly earns a place in the company, narrowly avoiding the life of prostitution to which her sister has already succumbed. As her roles evolve from supporting to starring, the scope of her life broadens as well. Soon Ellen is dressed in the finest fashions, charming the theatrical, literary, and royal luminaries of Restoration England. Ellen grows up on the stage, experiencing first love and heartbreak and eventually becoming the mistress of Charles II. Despite his reputation as a libertine, Ellen wholly captures his heart—and he hers—but even the most powerful love isn’t enough to stave off the gossip and bitter court politics that accompany a royal romance. Telling the story through a collection of vibrant seventeenth-century voices ranging from Ellen’s diary to playbills, letters, gossip columns, and home remedies, Priya Parmar brings to life the story of an endearing and delightful heroine.
Author : Marjorie Bowen
Publisher : Good Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (66 download)
Download or read book Nell Gwyn - A Decoration written by Marjorie Bowen and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2021-11-09 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Nell Gwyn - A Decoration" is a historical novel about Eleanor Gwyn, a celebrity figure of the Restoration period. Samuel Pepys praised her for her comic performances as one of the first actresses on the English stage. Yet, she was most famous for being a long-time mistress of King Charles II of England and Scotland.
Author : Peter Cunningham
Publisher : London : Bradbury & Evans
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 250 pages
Book Rating : 4.R/5 (6 download)
Download or read book The Story of Nell Gwyn written by Peter Cunningham and published by London : Bradbury & Evans. This book was released on 1852 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
