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Book Synopsis Lives of the Queens of England by : Agnes Strickland
Download or read book Lives of the Queens of England written by Agnes Strickland and published by . This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Lives of the Queens of England from the Norman Conquest by : Agnes Strickland
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 1857 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Lives of the Queens of England, from the Norman Conquest by : Agnes Strickland
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 1845 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Henry the Young King, 1155-1183 by : Matthew Strickland
Download or read book Henry the Young King, 1155-1183 written by Matthew Strickland and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2016-09-13 with total page 507 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This first modern study of Henry the Young King, eldest son of Henry II but the least known Plantagenet monarch, explores the brief but eventful life of the only English ruler after the Norman Conquest to be created co-ruler in his father’s lifetime. Crowned at fifteen to secure an undisputed succession, Henry played a central role in the politics of Henry II’s great empire and was hailed as the embodiment of chivalry. Yet, consistently denied direct rule, the Young King was provoked first into heading a major rebellion against his father, then to waging a bitter war against his brother Richard for control of Aquitaine, dying before reaching the age of thirty having never assumed actual power. In this remarkable history, Matthew Strickland provides a richly colored portrait of an all-but-forgotten royal figure tutored by Thomas Becket, trained in arms by the great knight William Marshal, and incited to rebellion by his mother Eleanor of Aquitaine, while using his career to explore the nature of kingship, succession, dynastic politics, and rebellion in twelfth-century England and France.
Book Synopsis Agnes Strickland's Queens of England by : Agnes Strickland
Download or read book Agnes Strickland's Queens of England written by Agnes Strickland and published by Agnes Strickland. This book was released on with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Agnes Strickland's Queens of England
Book Synopsis Lives of the Bachelor Kings of England by : Agnes Strickland
Download or read book Lives of the Bachelor Kings of England written by Agnes Strickland and published by London, Simpkin, Marshall, and Company. This book was released on 1861 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Agnes Strickland's Lives of the Queens of England by : Agnes Strickland
Download or read book Agnes Strickland's Lives of the Queens of England written by Agnes Strickland and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2011-04-21 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Strickland was possibly the most celebrated English female historical biographer of the 19th Century. Antonia Fraser selects her best writing and explains its importance.
Book Synopsis Queens of the Conquest by : Alison Weir
Download or read book Queens of the Conquest written by Alison Weir and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2017-09-26 with total page 723 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the first volume of an exciting new series, bestselling author Alison Weir brings the dramatic reigns of England’s medieval queens to life. The lives of England’s medieval queens were packed with incident—love, intrigue, betrayal, adultery, and warfare—but their stories have been largely obscured by centuries of myth and omission. Now esteemed biographer Alison Weir provides a fresh perspective and restores these women to their rightful place in history. Spanning the years from the Norman conquest in 1066 to the dawn of a new era in 1154, when Henry II succeeded to the throne and Eleanor of Aquitaine, the first Plantagenet queen, was crowned, this epic book brings to vivid life five women, including: Matilda of Flanders, wife of William the Conqueror, the first Norman king; Matilda of Scotland, revered as “the common mother of all England”; and Empress Maud, England’s first female ruler, whose son King Henry II would go on to found the Plantagenet dynasty. More than those who came before or after them, these Norman consorts were recognized as equal sharers in sovereignty. Without the support of their wives, the Norman kings could not have ruled their disparate dominions as effectively. Drawing from the most reliable contemporary sources, Weir skillfully strips away centuries of romantic lore to share a balanced and authentic take on the importance of these female monarchs. What emerges is a seamless royal saga, an all-encompassing portrait of English medieval queenship, and a sweeping panorama of British history. Praise for Queens of the Conquest “Best-selling author [Alison] Weir pens another readable, well-researched English history, the first in a proposed four-volume series on England’s medieval queens. . . . Weir’s research skills and storytelling ability combine beautifully to tell a fascinating story supported by excellent historical research. Fans of her fiction and nonfiction will enjoy this latest work.”—Library Journal (starred review) “Another sound feminist resurrection by a seasoned historian . . . Though Norman queens were largely unknowable, leave it to this prolific historical biographer to bring them to life. . . . As usual, Weir is meticulous in her research.”—Kirkus Reviews
Book Synopsis Sisters in the Wilderness by : Charlotte Gray
Download or read book Sisters in the Wilderness written by Charlotte Gray and published by Penguin Canada. This book was released on 2008-06-03 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Catharine Parr Traill and Susanna Moodie are icons of the Canadian imagination. Yet most of what we know of these two English gentlewomen who spent their adult lives struggling in Britain’s harsh and vigorous colony comes from their own self-consciously crafted writings and from other writers’ sometimes fanciful depictions of them. But what were the women behind the authorial voices really like? In Sisters in the Wilderness, award-winning author Charlotte Gray breathes life into two remarkable and fascinating characters and brings us a vivid picture of life in the backwoods of Upper Canada.
Book Synopsis Lives of the Queens of England by : Agnes Strickland
Download or read book Lives of the Queens of England written by Agnes Strickland and published by . This book was released on 1847 with total page 688 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Life of Queen Elizabeth by : Agnes Strickland
Download or read book The Life of Queen Elizabeth written by Agnes Strickland and published by . This book was released on 1905 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis In the Ravenous Dark by : A.M. Strickland
Download or read book In the Ravenous Dark written by A.M. Strickland and published by Imprint. This book was released on 2021-05-18 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A pansexual bloodmage reluctantly teams up with an undead spirit to start a rebellion among the living and the dead, in this dark YA fantasy by A.M. Strickland, author of Beyond the Black Door, whom Richard Kadrey calls “a storyteller of both grace and power.” In Thanopolis, those gifted with magic are assigned undead spirits to guard them—and control them. Ever since Rovan’s father died trying to keep her from this fate, she’s hidden her magic. But when she accidentally reveals her powers, she’s bound to a spirit and thrust into a world of palace intrigue and deception. Desperate to escape, Rovan finds herself falling for two people she can’t fully trust: Lydea, a beguiling, rebellious princess; and Ivrilos, the handsome spirit with the ability to control Rovan, body and soul. Together, they uncover a secret that will destroy Thanopolis. To save them all, Rovan will have to start a rebellion in both the mortal world and the underworld, and find a way to trust the princess and spirit battling for her heart—if she doesn’t betray them first. An Imprint Book
Download or read book Queen Isabella written by Alison Weir and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2006-12-26 with total page 530 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: BONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from Alison Weir's Mary Boleyn. In this vibrant biography, acclaimed author Alison Weir reexamines the life of Isabella of England, one of history’s most notorious and charismatic queens. Isabella arrived in London in 1308, the spirited twelve-year-old daughter of King Philip IV of France. Her marriage to the heir to England’s throne was designed to heal old political wounds between the two countries, and in the years that followed she became an important figure, a determined and clever woman whose influence would come to last centuries. Many myths and legends have been woven around Isabella’s story, but in this first full biography in more than 150 years, Alison Weir gives a groundbreaking new perspective.
Book Synopsis Eleanor of Castile by : Sara Cockerill
Download or read book Eleanor of Castile written by Sara Cockerill and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2014-09-15 with total page 728 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The untold story of the remarkable woman behind England's greatest medieval king, Edward I
Download or read book Old Deccan Days written by Mary Frere and published by . This book was released on 1868 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Threads of Life written by Clare Hunter and published by Abrams. This book was released on 2019-10-15 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This globe-spanning history of sewing and embroidery, culture and protest, is “an astonishing feat . . . richly textured and moving” (The Sunday Times, UK). In 1970s Argentina, mothers marched in headscarves embroidered with the names of their “disappeared” children. In Tudor, England, when Mary, Queen of Scots, was under house arrest, her needlework carried her messages to the outside world. From the political propaganda of the Bayeux Tapestry, World War I soldiers coping with PTSD, and the maps sewn by schoolgirls in the New World, to the AIDS quilt, Hmong story clothes, and pink pussyhats, women and men have used the language of sewing to make their voices heard, even in the most desperate of circumstances. Threads of Life is a chronicle of identity, memory, power, and politics told through the stories of needlework. Clare Hunter, master of the craft, threads her own narrative as she takes us over centuries and across continents—from medieval France to contemporary Mexico and the United States, and from a POW camp in Singapore to a family attic in Scotland—to celebrate the universal beauty and power of sewing.
Download or read book Royal Witches written by Gemma Hollman and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2019-10-07 with total page 343 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'An important and timely book.' - Philippa Gregory Joan of Navarre was the richest woman in the land, at a time when war-torn England was penniless. Eleanor Cobham was the wife of a weak king's uncle – and her husband was about to fall from grace. Jacquetta Woodville was a personal enemy of Warwick the Kingmaker, who was about to take his revenge. Elizabeth Woodville was the widowed mother of a child king, fighting Richard III for her children's lives. In Royal Witches, Gemma Hollman explores the lives of these four unique women, looking at how rumours of witchcraft brought them to their knees in a time when superstition and suspicion was rife.