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Author : Kirsten Pullen
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521541022
Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (41 download)
Download or read book Actresses and Whores written by Kirsten Pullen and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2005-02-17 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Publisher Description
Author : Julie Peakman
Publisher : Quercus Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781782067764
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (677 download)
Download or read book Peg Plunkett written by Julie Peakman and published by Quercus Publishing. This book was released on 2016-09-06 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Of picking, washing and cleaning my pretty little toes, which he took great delight in, and in which pleasurable, innocent, and inoffensive pastime he as often spent hours; twas the greatest gratification to him on earth, nor did he (said she) indulge in any other in all the time we spent together, he never was even rude enough to give me a kiss. So emerged the first expose of foot fetishism in the eighteenth-century. Revelations and racy anecdotes about the lives of the rich and famous of Dublin and London abound within Peg Plunkett: Memoirs of a Whore. From a violent domestic background, Peg blitzed her way through balls and masquerades creating scandals and gossip wherever she went, leaving dukes, barristers and lieutenants stranded in her wake. She was the first madame ever to write her memoirs, thereby setting the template for the whore's memoir. She wrote not merely to reveal herself but to expose the shoddy behaviour of others and her account of her life. In Peg Plunkett: Memoirs of a Whore, Julie Peakman brings her subject and the world through which she moved to glorious, bawdy life.
Author : Christopher Goulding
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317303709
Total Pages : 295 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (173 download)
Download or read book Romance Readers and Romance Writers written by Christopher Goulding and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-09-30 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edition of Romance Readers and Romance Writers (1810) is the first modern scholarly publication of what is arguably Green's most famous novel. As with many of her other works, Green adopts numerous sophisticated methods to parody her contemporaries.
Author : Lewis Wingfield
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 3732661911
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (326 download)
Download or read book My Lords of Strogue written by Lewis Wingfield and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2018-04-06 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproduction of the original: My Lords of Strogue by Lewis Wingfield
Author : Catherine Curzon
Publisher : Grub Street Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1473871247
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (738 download)
Download or read book Kings of Georgian Britain written by Catherine Curzon and published by Grub Street Publishers. This book was released on 2017-03-30 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This royal historian’s “lively study of the four Georges who sat on the English throne for over a century is a joy” (Jane Austen’s Regency World). For over one hundred years of turmoil, upheaval, and scandal, Great Britain was a Georgian land. From the day the German-speaking George I stepped off the boat from Hanover to the night that George IV, bloated and diseased, breathed his last at Windsor, the four kings had presided over a changing nation. Kings of Georgian Britain offers a fresh perspective on the lives of the four Georges and the events that shaped their characters and reigns. From love affairs to family feuds, political wrangling, and beyond, it is a chance to peer behind the pomp and follow these iconic figures from cradle to grave. After all, being a king isn’t always about grand parties and jaw-dropping jewels, and sometimes following in a father’s footsteps can be the hardest job around. Take a step back in time and meet the wives, mistresses, friends, and foes of these remarkable kings who shaped the nation, and find out what really went on behind closed palace doors. Whether dodging assassins, marrying for money, digging up their ancestors, or sparking domestic disputes that echoed down the generations, the kings of Georgian Britain were never short on drama. “[A] chronological series of amusing anecdotes. [Curzon is] often whimsical, has a good sense of pace and you can imagine her stifling a smirk while writing this unusual biography.” —History of Royals
Author : Louise Duckling
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1526744988
Total Pages : 298 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (267 download)
Download or read book Exploring the Lives of Women, 1558–1837 written by Louise Duckling and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2018-11-30 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Exploring the Lives of Women, 1558-1837' is an engaging and lively collection of original, thought-provoking essays. Its route from Lady Jane Greys nine-day reign to Queen Victorias accession provides ample opportunities to examine complex interactions between gender, rank, and power. Yet the books scope extends far beyond queens: its female cast includes servants, aristocrats, literary women, opera singers, actresses, fallen women, athletes and mine workers.The collection explores themes relating to female power and physical strength; infertility, motherhood, sexuality and exploitation; creativity and celebrity; marriage and female friendship. It draws upon a wide range of primary materials to explore diverse representations of women: illuminating accounts of real womens lives appear alongside fictional portrayals and ideological constructions of femininity. In exploring womens negotiations with patriarchal control, this book demonstrates how the lived experience of women did not always correspond to prescribed social and gendered norms, revealing the rich complexity of their lives.This volume has been published to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the Womens Studies Group 1558-1837. The group was formed to promote research into any aspect of womens lives as experienced or depicted within this period. The depth, range and creativity of the essays in this book reflect the myriad interests of its members.
Author : Turtle Bunbury
Publisher : Thames & Hudson
ISBN 13 : 0500775400
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (7 download)
Download or read book Ireland's Forgotten Past: A History of the Overlooked and Disremembered written by Turtle Bunbury and published by Thames & Hudson. This book was released on 2020-03-17 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume delves into Ireland’s forgotten history bringing to light some of the most colorful characters and intriguing episodes of the country’s long history. Ireland is approximately the size of the state of Indiana, yet this small country boasts an extensive, rich, and fascinating history. Ireland’s Forgotten Past is an alternative history that covers 13,000 years in 36 stories that are often left out of history books. Among the characters in these absorbing accounts are a pair of ill- fated prehistoric chieftains, a psychopathic Viking, a gallant Norman knight, a dazzling English traitor, an ingenious tailor, an outstanding war-horse, a brothel queen, an insanely prolific sculptor, and a randy prince. This volume offers a succinct account of the Stone Age and Bronze Age, as well as insights into the Bell-Beakers, the Romans, and the Knights Templar. Historian Turtle Bunbury writes a gently off-beat take on monumental events like the Wars of the Roses, the Tudor Conquest and the Battle of the Boyne, as well as the Home Rule campaign and the Great War. Ireland’s Forgotten Past adds color to the existing histories of the country by focusing on the unique characters and intriguing events. This volume will delight anyone interested in the rich untold history of Ireland.
Author : Vanessa Schaefer
Publisher : Austin Macauley Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1035843226
Total Pages : 58 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (358 download)
Download or read book The Magic of Mná written by Vanessa Schaefer and published by Austin Macauley Publishers. This book was released on 2024-05-24 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the story of the witches that live hidden in the thickets of lush Irish greenery. They exist, hidden from humans, protecting nature. Sile is the youngest witch of her coven. Magic is not her strength and is often ridiculed for her lack of skill. When Banshees attack her coven, Sile finds herself the last remaining witch with powers. The task of saving the coven lands on her. She must travel through space and time with her trusty cat, Shae, to collect ingredients for a potion. This potion and only this potion will return her sisters to their former, mighty, magical glory. Each ingredient must be collected from inspirational, admirable, and often overlooked women throughout Irish history. Sile visits Queen Maebh, Red Aoife, Granuaile the Pirate Queen, famine hero Mary-Ann McCracken, Anna Parnell, Constance Markevicz, and Rosie Hackett to gather the ingredients. On her journey, she learns a lot about strength, power, and determination, what it means to be a woman, and finds her confidence as a young witch.
Author : Amy Boyington
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1350358649
Total Pages : 329 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (53 download)
Download or read book Hidden Patrons written by Amy Boyington and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2023-11-02 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An enduring myth of Georgian architecture is that it was purely the pursuit of male architects and their wealthy male patrons. History states that it was men who owned grand estates and houses, who commissioned famous architects, and who embarked upon elaborate architectural schemes. Hidden Patrons dismantles this myth - revealing instead that women were at the heart of the architectural patronage of the day, exerting far more influence and agency than has previously been recognised. Architectural drawing and design, discourse, and patronage were interests shared by many women in the eighteenth century. Far from being the preserve of elite men, architecture was a passion shared by both sexes, intellectually and practically, as long as they possessed sufficient wealth and autonomy. In an accessible, readable account, Hidden Patrons uncovers the role of women as important patrons and designers of architecture and interiors in eighteenth-century Britain and Ireland. Exploring country houses, Georgian townhouses, villas, estates, and gardens, it analyses female patronage from across the architectural spectrum, and examines the work of a range of pioneering women from grand duchesses to businesswomen to lowly courtesans. Re-examining well-known Georgian masterpieces alongside lesser-known architectural gems, Hidden Patrons unearths unseen archival material to provide a fascinating new view of the role of women in the architecture of the Georgian era.
Author : Julia M. Wright
Publisher : Syracuse University Press
ISBN 13 : 081563353X
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (156 download)
Download or read book Representing the National Landscape in Irish Romanticism written by Julia M. Wright and published by Syracuse University Press. This book was released on 2014-04-22 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ireland is a country which has come to be defined in part by an ideology which conflates nationalism with the land. From the Irish Revival’s celebration of the Irish peasant farmer as the ideal Irishman to the fierce history of land claim battles between the Irish and their colonizers, notions of the land have become particularly bound up with conceptions of what Ireland is and what it is to be Irish. In this book, Wright considers this fraught relationship between land and national identity in Irish literature. In doing so, she presents a new vision of the Irish national landscape as one that is vitally connected to larger geographical spheres. By exploring issues of globalization, international radicalism, trade routes, and the export of natural resources, Wright is at the cutting edge of modern global scholarly trends and concerns. In considering texts from the Romantic era such as Leslie’s Killarney, Edgeworth’s “Limerick Gloves,” and Moore’s Irish Melodies, Wright undercuts the nationalist myth of a “people of the soil” using the very texts which helped to construct this myth. Reigniting the field of Irish Romanticism, Wright presents original readings which call into question politically motivated mythologies while energizing nationalist conceptions that reflect transnational networks and mobility.
Author : Phyllis King
Publisher : Clan Destine Press
ISBN 13 : 0648741400
Total Pages : 213 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (487 download)
Download or read book Scarlet Stiletto: The Eleventh Cut - 2019 written by Phyllis King and published by Clan Destine Press. This book was released on 2019-11-23 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scarlet Stiletto: The Eleventh Cut - 2019 features thirteen award-winning stories from the 26th annual Scarlet Stiletto Awards. ‘Crime and mystery short story collections of startling originality; and a grim warning of what evil lurks in Australian suburbia’ - Kerry Greenwood The Scarlet Stiletto series of eBooks - the First to the Eleventh Cuts - feature superb collections of spine-chilling crime and mystery short stories, by Australian women writers, curated from 26 years of the Scarlet Stiletto Awards hosted by Sisters in Crime Australia
Author : Pat Fitzpatrick
Publisher : Mercier Press Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1781177694
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (811 download)
Download or read book 101 Reasons Why Ireland Is Better Than England written by Pat Fitzpatrick and published by Mercier Press Ltd. This book was released on 2020-10-07 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tayto, the metric system, Aisling Bea, Luke 'Ming' Flanagan, Blindboy, Marian Keyes and we never get embarassed on the international stage by dodgy Royals – that's just 7 of the 101 Reasons Why Ireland is Better than England. This tongue-in-cheek sweep across the two nations is aimed at Irish people, wherever they live, not to mention the 10 million English people who move over here after Brexit. With our neighbour losing its marbles, there has never been a better time to exact revenge for the two most despicable things that England has ever inflicted on the Irish – Jacob Rees-Mogg and claiming Saoirse Ronan is British.
Author : Hoin Sirmoon (pseud. [i.e. John Morison.])
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.V/5 ( download)
Download or read book Anecdotes, Pasquinades, and Mess-table Stories; a Book of After-dinner Entertainment, to Promote Mirth and Good Digestion written by Hoin Sirmoon (pseud. [i.e. John Morison.]) and published by . This book was released on 1857 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Walter Scott
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 966 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)
Download or read book The Edinburgh Annual Register written by Walter Scott and published by . This book was released on 1824 with total page 966 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 972 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)
Download or read book The Edinburgh Annual Register written by and published by . This book was released on 1824 with total page 972 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 966 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (2 download)
Download or read book The Edinburgh Annual Register, for 1808-26 written by and published by . This book was released on 1824 with total page 966 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Editor of Wit and wisdom
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 110 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (21 download)
Download or read book The Funniest Jest Book in the World written by Editor of Wit and wisdom and published by . This book was released on 1847 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
