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Mistress of the House

Author : Rosemary Baird
Publisher : Phoenix House
ISBN 13 : 9780753817711
Total Pages : 364 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (177 download)

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Download or read book Mistress of the House written by Rosemary Baird and published by Phoenix House. This book was released on 2004 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the 18th and 19th centuries, to become Mistress of the House was the natural prospect of women born into Britain’s wealthy aristocratic families. An advantageous marriage would bring with it an important ancestral home—a visible expression of power, prestige, and good taste. Rosemary Baird introduces us to ten of these remarkable women, detailing their accomplishments in the creation and running of Britain’s great houses. We also learn about their education and training, the marriage market, and their obligations as leaders of fashion, interior design, and society. Based on diaries, letters, and family archives, Mistress of the House is a fascinating work of social history. Rosemary Baird was educated at Cambridge and Oxford; a former consultant at Sotheby’s, she is now Curator of the Goodwood Collection.

Mistress of the House

Author : Tim Dolin
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 135191720X
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (519 download)

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Download or read book Mistress of the House written by Tim Dolin and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-12-05 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This exploration of gender and property ownership in eight important novels argues that property is a decisive undercurrent in narrative structures and modes, as well as an important gender signature in society and culture. Tim Dolin suggests that the formal development of nineteenth-century domestic fiction can only be understood in the context of changes in the theory and laws of property: indeed femininity and its representation cannot be considered separately from property relations and their reform. He presents original readings of novels in which a woman owns, acquires or loses property, focusing on exchanges between patriarchal cultural authority, the 'woman question' and narrative form, and on the place of domestic fiction in a culture in which property relations and gender relations are subject to radical review. Each chapter revolves around a representative text, but refers substantially to other material, both other novels and contemporary social, legal, political and feminist commentary.

Madame Lalaurie, Mistress of the Haunted House

Author : Carolyn Morrow Long
Publisher : University Press of Florida
ISBN 13 : 0813042879
Total Pages : 420 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (13 download)

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Download or read book Madame Lalaurie, Mistress of the Haunted House written by Carolyn Morrow Long and published by University Press of Florida. This book was released on 2012-03-04 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inside the "Most Haunted" House in New Orleans The legend of Madame Delphine Lalaurie, a wealthy society matron, has haunted the city of New Orleans for nearly two hundred years. When fire destroyed part of her home in 1834, the public was outraged to learn that behind closed doors Lalaurie routinely bound, starved, and tortured her slaves. Forced to flee the city, her guilt was unquestioned, and tales of her actions have become increasingly fanciful and grotesque over the decades. Even today, the Laulaurie house is described as the city 's "most haunted" during ghost tours. Carolyn Long, a meticulous researcher of New Orleans history, disentangles the threads of fact and legend that have intertwined over the decades. Was Madame Lalaurie a sadistic abuser? Mentally ill? Or merely the victim of an unfair and sensationalist press? Using carefully documented eyewitness testimony, archival documents, and family letters, Long recounts Lalaurie's life from legal troubles before the fire and scandal through her exile to France and death in Paris in 1849. Themes of mental illness, wealth, power, and questions of morality in a society that condoned the purchase and ownership of other human beings pervade the book, lending it an appeal to anyone interested in antebellum history. Long's ability to tease the truth from the knots of sensationalism is uncanny as she draws the facts from the legend of Madame Lalaurie's haunted house.

Is This the House of Mistress Mouse?

Author : Richard Scarry
Publisher : Golden Books
ISBN 13 : 9780307102041
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book Is This the House of Mistress Mouse? written by Richard Scarry and published by Golden Books. This book was released on 2000-12 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lonely Mister Mouse receives a letter from Mistress Mouse inviting him to visit. But she forgets to tell him where she lives. As Mister Mouse searches for her house, readers can help by guessing what is behind each door in this touch-and-feel board book. Illustrations.

The Mistress

Author : Danielle Steel
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 0345531116
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (455 download)

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Download or read book The Mistress written by Danielle Steel and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Natasha, the innocent and loyal mistress of Russian oligarch Vladimir Stanislas, strikes up a friendship with gifted artist Theo Luca that opens her eyes to the freedoms she can never have with Vladimir.

Live Alone And Like It

Author : Marjorie Hillis
Publisher : Hachette UK
ISBN 13 : 1405524898
Total Pages : 74 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (55 download)

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Download or read book Live Alone And Like It written by Marjorie Hillis and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2012-11-22 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE BEST SELLING NOVEL WHICH CREATED A WORLDWIDE PHENOMENON 'A perfect bedside companion for the post-Bridget Jones generation' DAILY TELEGRAPH (CANADA) 'Hillis's book gave rise to 'Live Alone' accessories, including cocktail shakers, china dogs and negligees' WALL STREET JOURNAL 'She was boldly leading a vanguard of young women into a self-reliant, judgment-free future' NATIONAL This 1936 bestseller sold over 100,000 copies in the first two months of its release. Marjorie Hillis, a 1930s Vogue editor, provides a stylish, no-nonsense guide to living and loving single life. Written with wisdom, humour and panache, this is advice that will never go out of fashion. She takes women through the fundamentals of living alone by showing them how to create a welcoming environment and cultivate home-friendly hobbies, 'for no woman can accept an invitation every night without coming to grief.' 'Chances are that at sometime in your life, possibly only now and then between husbands, you will find yourself settling down to a solitary existence. You may do it from choice. Lots of people do ... Whether you view your one-woman menage as Doom or Adventure (and whether you are twenty-six or sixty-six), you need a plan.' Who can resist a book with chapters such as 'A Lady and Her Liquor', 'Pleasures of a Single Bed' and 'Solitary Refinement'? Live Alone and Like It is sure to appeal to live-aloners' and those considering taking the plunge. With beautiful and stylish line drawings by a Vogue illustrator.

Mistress of the House, Mistress of Heaven

Author : Anne K. Capel
Publisher : Hudson Hills
ISBN 13 : 9781555951290
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (512 download)

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Download or read book Mistress of the House, Mistress of Heaven written by Anne K. Capel and published by Hudson Hills. This book was released on 1996 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first-of-its-kind exhibit cataloged here focuses on the women of Egypt from all levels of society in works compiled strictly from American collections by American curators. Because the quantity of written records is limited (though enormous in comparison to most early societies), there is still much guesswork involved in determining the place women held in Egyptian society. It is clear that, unlike most ancient and not-so-ancient societies, Egypt conferred on women the legal right to own property and to barter their own goods, which means a larger record for current study. The essays here are both erudite and fascinating to read; the illustrations are clear and well presented in conjunction with the text. 117 colour & 112 b/w illustrations

The Wife, the Maid, and the Mistress

Author : Ariel Lawhon
Publisher : Anchor
ISBN 13 : 0345805968
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (458 download)

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Download or read book The Wife, the Maid, and the Mistress written by Ariel Lawhon and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2014-10-07 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the New York Times bestselling author of I Was Anastasia and The Frozen River comes a “genuinely surprising whodunit” (USA Today) that tantalizingly reimagines a scandalous murder mystery that rocked the nation. One summer night in 1930, Judge Joseph Crater steps into a New York City cab and is never heard from again. Behind this great man are three women, each with her own tale to tell: Stella, his fashionable wife, the picture of propriety; Maria, their steadfast maid, indebted to the judge; and Ritzi, his showgirl mistress, willing to seize any chance to break out of the chorus line. As the twisted truth emerges, Ariel Lawhon’s wickedly entertaining debut mystery transports us into the smoky jazz clubs, the seedy backstage dressing rooms, and the shadowy streets beneath the Art Deco skyline. Don't miss Ariel Lawhon's new book, The Frozen River!

The Mistress (Mills & Boon Romance)

Author : Susan Wiggs
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
ISBN 13 : 1408904497
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book The Mistress (Mills & Boon Romance) written by Susan Wiggs and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2010-09-01 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most days Kathleen O'Leary is a penniless maid. But tonight she takes a risk and masquerades as a glamorous heiress, thanks to a borrowed gown and her friends' sense of adventure. To her surprise, the ruse succeeds—even Dylan Kennedy, Chicago's most eligible bachelor, seems enraptured.

The Mistress Of Nothing

Author : Kate Pullinger
Publisher : Profile Books
ISBN 13 : 1847652425
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (476 download)

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Download or read book The Mistress Of Nothing written by Kate Pullinger and published by Profile Books. This book was released on 2010-07-09 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lady Duff Gordon is the toast of Victorian London. But when her debilitating tuberculosis means exile, she and her devoted lady's maid, Sally, set sail for Egypt. It is Sally who describes, with a mixture of wonder and trepidation, the odd ménage marshalled by the resourceful Omar, which travels down the Nile to a new life in Luxor. As Lady Duff Gordon undoes her stays and takes to native dress, throwing herself into weekly salons; language lessons; excursions to the tombs; Sally too adapts to a new world, affording her heady and heartfelt freedoms never known before. But freedom is a luxury that a maid can ill-afford, and when Sally grasps more than her status entitles her to, she is brutally reminded that she is mistress of nothing.

The Mistress's Daughter

Author : A. M. Homes
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 9780670038381
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (383 download)

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Download or read book The Mistress's Daughter written by A. M. Homes and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2007 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A woman who was adopted as a newborn recounts her experience of meeting her birth parents, describing how adoption affected her sense of identity, her efforts to learn about her late birth mother's personal life, and her discouragement with her birth father's unwillingness to invite her into his family.

The Mistress of Bhatia House

Author : Sujata Massey
Publisher : Soho Press
ISBN 13 : 1641293292
Total Pages : 433 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (412 download)

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Download or read book The Mistress of Bhatia House written by Sujata Massey and published by Soho Press. This book was released on 2023-07-11 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bombay’s only female solicitor, Perveen Mistry, grapples with class divisions, sexism, and complex family dynamics as she seeks justice for a mistreated young woman in this thrilling fourth installment in Sujata Massey’s award-winning series. India, 1922: Perveen Mistry is the only female lawyer in Bombay, a city where child mortality is high, birth control is unavailable and very few women have ever seen a doctor. Perveen is attending a lavish fundraiser for a new women’s hospital specializing in maternal health issues when she witnesses an accident. The grandson of an influential Gujarati businessman catches fire—but a servant, his young ayah, Sunanda, rushes to save him, selflessly putting herself in harm’s way. Later, Perveen learns that Sunanda, who’s still ailing from her burns, has been arrested on trumped-up charges made by a man who doesn’t seem to exist. Perveen cannot stand by while Sunanda languishes in jail with no hope of justice. She takes Sunanda as a client, even inviting her to live at the Mistry home in Bombay’s Dadar Parsi colony. But the joint family household is already full of tension. Perveen’s father worries about their law firm taking so much personal responsibility for a client, and her brother and sister-in-law are struggling to cope with their new baby. Perveen herself is going through personal turmoil as she navigates a taboo relationship with a handsome former civil service officer. When the hospital’s chief donor dies suddenly, Miriam Penkar, a Jewish-Indian obstetrician, and Sunanda become suspects. Perveen’s original case spirals into a complex investigation taking her into the Gujarati strongholds of Kalbadevi and Ghatkopar, and up the coast to Juhu Beach, where a decadent nawab lives with his Australian trophy wife. Then a second fire erupts, and Perveen realizes how much is at stake. Has someone powerful framed Sunanda to cover up another crime? Will Perveen be able to prove Sunanda’s innocence without endangering her own family?

The Mistresses of Cliveden

Author : Natalie Livingstone
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 0099594722
Total Pages : 610 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (995 download)

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Download or read book The Mistresses of Cliveden written by Natalie Livingstone and published by Random House. This book was released on 2016-04-07 with total page 610 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Sunday Times bestseller - Five women. One house. One extraordinary history. From its construction in the 1660s to its heyday in the 1960s, Cliveden played host to a dynasty of remarkable and powerful women. Anna Maria, Elizabeth, Augusta, Harriet, and Nancy were five ladies who, over the course of three centuries, shaped British society through their beauty, personalities, and political influence. Restoration and revolution, aristocratic rise and fall, world war and cold war form the extraordinary backdrop against which their stories unfold. An addictive history of the period and an intimate exploration of the timeless relationships between people and place, The Mistresses of Cliveden is a story of sex, power and politics, and the ways in which exceptional women defy the expectations of their time.

The Young Mistress

Author : Gabriel Pearson
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781540337665
Total Pages : 378 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (376 download)

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Download or read book The Young Mistress written by Gabriel Pearson and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-11-10 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Young Mistress is an adult novel, with adult themes and a deep engagement in the world of BDSM. It is unlike any other journey the reader might take. In a world of fantasy, not far removed from our own, a young woman struggles to escape her past. Her life has been full of pain, betrayal and abuse at the hands of those who should have loved and protected her. As fortune favours her, she begins to believe in something so much better. Taught to be nothing more than flesh and bone, to be broken at the will of others, salvation, empowerment and the love of her new-found family, brings her a freedom for which there must surely be an ultimate price.

House of Shadows

Author : Christopher Rollier
Publisher : Publish America
ISBN 13 : 9781413749489
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (494 download)

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Download or read book House of Shadows written by Christopher Rollier and published by Publish America. This book was released on 2005-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the restoration of a 1926 house, I was seeing many hauntings, and that motivated me to write this book. At first, I thought I might have just been seeing and hearing things. After researching and bringing in a paranormal team, I found out that Al Capone had gotten the house for his mistress and their two daughters, Mary and Ann. I haven't found any proof that he ever bought the house, but all the evidence I have gotten has been through the old-timers that have lived in this neighborhood since childhood. The house is haunted by the mistress, Mary Ann Brown, a.k.a. Vera. I have encountered many hauntings in my life, and this house has given me many special gifts.

Red Island House

Author : Andrea Lee
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1982137800
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (821 download)

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Download or read book Red Island House written by Andrea Lee and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2021-03-23 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Packet War -- The Children -- Blondes -- Sirens -- Voice -- Noble Rot -- The Rivals -- Guess Who's Coming To Dinner -- Sister Shadow -- Elephants' Graveyard.

His Favorite Mistress

Author : Tracy Anne Warren
Publisher : Ballantine Books
ISBN 13 : 0345504925
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (455 download)

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Download or read book His Favorite Mistress written by Tracy Anne Warren and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2007-12-26 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The game of love just got a little hotter. Vivacious Gabriella St. George is penniless yet proud. Thanks to the benevolence of a generous relative, she gets a chance for a new life in London, never dreaming that it will entangle her in a sensual battle of wills with an irresistible rogue who doesn’t believe in love. With one scorching caress, Anthony Black invites Gabriella to share his bed. But she wants his heart and his name, so the determined beauty embarks on a daring game of seduction to win both. Firmly committed to the pleasures of bachelorhood, Tony Black, Duke of Wyvern, has no intention of offering to any woman more than shared moments of erotic delight. But Gabriella tests his mettle, undermines his resolve, and cracks the ice around his heart with each sweet smile, teasing glance, and rapturous kiss. Suddenly a man who relishes only carnal pleasure must confront the unexpected: a passion that may lead to everlasting love.