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Author : Norman King
Publisher : Wynwood
ISBN 13 : 9780922066063
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (66 download)
Download or read book Two Royal Women written by Norman King and published by Wynwood. This book was released on 1989 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Caroline Dunn
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319758772
Total Pages : 199 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (197 download)
Download or read book Royal Women and Dynastic Loyalty written by Caroline Dunn and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-05-21 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Royal women did much more to wield power besides marrying the king and producing the heir. Subverting the dichotomies of public/private and formal/informal that gender public authority as male and informal authority as female, this book examines royal women as agents of influence. With an expansive chronological and geographic scope—from ancient to early modern and covering Egypt, Great Britain, the Ottoman Empire, and Asia Minor—these essays trace patterns of influence often disguised by narrower studies of government studies and officials. Contributors highlight the theme of dynastic loyalty by focusing on the roles and actions of individual royal women, examining patterns within dynasties, and considering what factors generated loyalty and disloyalty to a dynasty or individual ruler. Contributors show that whether serving as the font of dynastic authority or playing informal roles of child-bearer, patron, or religious promoter, royal women have been central to the issue of dynastic loyalty throughout the ancient, medieval, and modern eras.
Author : Norman King
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781561291014
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Two Royal Women written by Norman King and published by . This book was released on 1991-05 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Dorothea Arnold
Publisher : Metropolitan Museum of Art
ISBN 13 : 0870998161
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (79 download)
Download or read book The Royal Women of Amarna written by Dorothea Arnold and published by Metropolitan Museum of Art. This book was released on 1996 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The move to a new capital, Akhenaten/Amarna, brought essential changes in the depictions of royal women. It was in their female imagery, above all, that the artists of Amarna departed from the traditional iconic representations to emphasize the individual, the natural, in a way unprecedented in Egyptian art.
Author : Nicholas Davies
Publisher : Carol Publishing Corporation
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 560 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)
Download or read book Queen Elizabeth II written by Nicholas Davies and published by Carol Publishing Corporation. This book was released on 1994 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Royals expert Nicholas Davies reveals for the first time the intimate secrets of Queen Elizabeth's forty-year reign. Filled with never-before-published revelations, A Woman Who Is Not Amused is a story of adultery, passion, jealousy, and mental cruelty.
Author : Anne Edwards
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1630762660
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (37 download)
Download or read book Royal Sisters written by Anne Edwards and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2017-02-01 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Royal Sisters, Anne Edwards, author of the best-selling Vivien Leigh: A Biography and Matriarch: Queen Mary and the House of Windsor, has written the first dual biography of Elizabeth, the princess who was to become Queen, and her younger sister, Margaret, who was to be her subject. From birth to maturity, they were the stuff of which dreams are made. “I’m three and you’re four,” the future Queen, then a child, imperiously informed her sister. The younger girl, not understanding this reference to their position in the succession, proudly countered, “No, you’re not. I’m three, you’re seven.” The royal sisters had no choice in their historic positions, but behind the palace gates and within the all-too-human confines of their personalities, they displayed tremendous individuality and suffered the usual symptoms of sibling rivalry. Royal Sisters provides an unprecedented and intimate portrait of these most famous siblings during their formative and dramatic youthful years. It is also one of the twentieth century’s most fascinating stories of sisterly loyalty. Edwards’s book is an honest look at how the royal sisters feel toward each other, their parents, their close relations and the men whom they have loved. It openly discusses, with new insights and information, the romance of Elizabeth and Philip and the tragic aborted love affair between Margaret and Group Captain Peter Townsend, and it has a cast of characters ranging from the youthful sisters’ suitors to Winston Churchill and the entire Royal Family. It is also the story of the making of a queen, of the high drama of her situation in the Townsend affair, of the real effect their uncle’s abdication had on the sisters’ lives, and of the internecine feuds that have brewed within the Royal Family since that time. Brought vividly to life through the many personal interviews of close royal associates, filled with new facts, previously unpublished anecdotes and photographs, Royal Sisters is a never-before-glimpsed look at the relationship of the Queen and Princess Margaret.
Author : Elizabeth Holmes
Publisher : Celadon Books
ISBN 13 : 9781250625083
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (25 download)
Download or read book HRH written by Elizabeth Holmes and published by Celadon Books. This book was released on 2020-11-17 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: **THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER** Veteran style journalist Elizabeth Holmes expands her popular Instagram series, So Many Thoughts, into a nuanced look at the fashion and branding of the four most influential members of the British Royal Family: Queen Elizabeth II; Diana, Princess of Wales; Catherine, The Duchess of Cambridge; and Meghan, The Duchess of Sussex. Kate Middleton and Meghan Markle are global style icons, their every fashion choice chronicled and celebrated. With all eyes on them, the duchesses select clothes that send a message about their values, interests, and priorities. Their thoughtful sartorial strategies follow in the footsteps of Queen Elizabeth II and Diana, Princess of Wales, two towering figures known for using their personal style to great acclaim. With one section devoted to each woman, HRH is a celebration of their stories and their style, pairing hundreds of gorgeous photographs with extensive research. A picture emerges of the British monarchy’s evolution and the power of royal fashion, showing there’s always more than what meets the eye.
Author : Laura Lunger Knoppers
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 0521885272
Total Pages : 339 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (218 download)
Download or read book The Cambridge Companion to Early Modern Women's Writing written by Laura Lunger Knoppers and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2009-10-08 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ideal for courses, this Companion examines the range, historical importance, and aesthetic merit of women's writing in Britain, 1500-1700.
Author : Moniek Bloks
Publisher : John Hunt Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1789044790
Total Pages : 114 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (89 download)
Download or read book Hermine: An Empress in Exile written by Moniek Bloks and published by John Hunt Publishing. This book was released on 2020-12-11 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hermine Reuss of Greiz is perhaps better known as the second wife of the Kaiser (Emperor Wilhelm II of Germany) whom she married shortly after the death of his first wife Auguste Viktoria and while he was in exile in the Netherlands. She was by then a widow herself with young children. She was known to be ambitious about wanting to return to power, and her husband insisted on her being called 'Empress'. To achieve her goal, she turned to the most powerful man in Germany at the time, Adolf Hitler. Unfortunately, her dream was not realised as Hitler refused to restore the monarchy and with the death of Wilhelm in 1941, Hermine was forced to return to her first husband's lands. She was arrested shortly after the end of the Second World War and would die under mysterious circumstances while under house arrest by the Red Army.
Author : Stefany Wragg
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 9780429320644
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (26 download)
Download or read book Early English Queens, 650-850 written by Stefany Wragg and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2022 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers the first dedicated and comprehensive examination of the lives of nearly thirty women known to occupy the office of queen in the English kingdoms between 650 and 850. The queens of early England are often shadowy figures in the historical record, beset by numerous issues which have largely confined them to the margins of history. Through careful analysis, the volume presents a ground-breaking appraisal of the role of queens in early England, and how their actions and identities shaped their practice of queenship. Organised thematically, it offers an overview of queens in many different roles, such as agents of Christianity, mothers, and peace-weavers. From high profile queens such as Æthelthryth of Ely and Cynethryth of Mercia, to the shadowy Leofrun of East Anglia and the nameless queen of Anna of East Anglia, the book engages with sources to advance fuller narratives about even the most obscure queens of the era. Aided by resources such as genealogical tables, Early English Queens, 650-850 is an ideal resource for students and scholars at all levels, as well general readers, interested in the lives of queens and early English history.
Author : Mary Ridpath Mann
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 302 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)
Download or read book Royal Women written by Mary Ridpath Mann and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Justin C. Vovk
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 1938908600
Total Pages : 643 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (389 download)
Download or read book Imperial Requiem written by Justin C. Vovk and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2014-06 with total page 643 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Augusta Victoria, Mary, Alexandra, and Zita were four women who were born to rule. In Imperial Requiem, Justin C. Vovk narrates the epic story of four women who were married to the reigning monarchs of Europe's last empires during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Using a diverse array of primary and secondary sources, letters, diary entries, and interviews with descendants, Vovk provides an in-depth look into the lives of four extraordinary women who stayed faithfully at their husbands' sides throughout the cataclysm of the First World War and the tumultuous years that followed. At the centers of these four great monarchies were Augusta Victoria, Germany's revered empress whose unwavering commitment to her bombastic husband made her a national icon; Mary, whose Cinderella story and immense personal strength made her the soul of the British monarchy through some of its greatest crises; Alexandra, the ill-fated tsarina who helped topple the Russian monarchy through her ineffective rule; and Zita, the resolute empress of Austria whose story of loss and exile captivated the world's attention for seven decades. Imperial Requiem shares the fascinating story of four princesses who married for love, graced imperial thrones, and watched as their beloved worlds were torn apart by war, revolution, heartache, and loss.
Author : Gemma Hollman
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 0750993502
Total Pages : 345 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (59 download)
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 345 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.
Author : Elna Solvang
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0567302113
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (673 download)
Download or read book A Woman's Place is in the House written by Elna Solvang and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2003-05-01 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Archaeological discoveries have increasingly brought to light evidence of women's involvement in the royal houses of the ancient Near East, yet such evidence has not fundamentally altered the perception of monarchy as an exclusively male-gendered theological, political, and social institution. Solvang's study assembles the evidence in search of an integrated view of royal women's position and power in critical functions of monarchy, challenging customary assumptions about women's place in the royal harem. The historical information serves as a backdrop for a literary reading of biblical texts describing the royal house of Judah. Attention is given to three women representing different royal positions: Michal (daughter), Bathsheba (queen mother), and Athaliah (queen and monarch).
Author : M J Porter
Publisher : Pen and Sword History
ISBN 13 : 1399068474
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (99 download)
Download or read book The Royal Women Who Made England written by M J Porter and published by Pen and Sword History. This book was released on 2024-03-30 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Throughout the tenth century, England, as it would be recognized today, formed. No longer many Saxon kingdoms, but rather, just England. Yet, this development masks much in the century in which the Viking raiders were seemingly driven from England’s shores by Alfred, his children and grandchildren, only to return during the reign of his great, great-grandson, the much-maligned Æthelred II. Not one but two kings would be murdered, others would die at a young age, and a child would be named king on four occasions. Two kings would never marry, and a third would be forcefully divorced from his wife. Yet, the development towards ‘England’ did not stop. At no point did it truly fracture back into its constituent parts. Who then ensured this stability? To whom did the witan turn when kings died, and children were raised to the kingship? The royal woman of the House of Wessex came into prominence during the century, perhaps the most well-known being Æthelflæd, daughter of King Alfred. Perhaps the most maligned being Ælfthryth (Elfrida), accused of murdering her stepson to clear the path to the kingdom for her son, Æthelred II, but there were many more women, rich and powerful in their own right, where their names and landholdings can be traced in the scant historical record. Using contemporary source material, The Royal Women Who Made England can be plucked from the obscurity that has seen their names and deeds lost, even within a generation of their own lives.
Author : Caroline Weber
Publisher : Henry Holt and Company
ISBN 13 : 1429936479
Total Pages : 452 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (299 download)
Download or read book Queen of Fashion written by Caroline Weber and published by Henry Holt and Company. This book was released on 2007-10-02 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this dazzling new vision of the ever-fascinating queen, a dynamic young historian reveals how Marie Antoinette's bold attempts to reshape royal fashion changed the future of France Marie Antoinette has always stood as an icon of supreme style, but surprisingly none of her biographers have paid sustained attention to her clothes. In Queen of Fashion, Caroline Weber shows how Marie Antoinette developed her reputation for fashionable excess, and explains through lively, illuminating new research the political controversies that her clothing provoked. Weber surveys Marie Antoinette's "Revolution in Dress," covering each phase of the queen's tumultuous life, beginning with the young girl, struggling to survive Versailles's rigid traditions of royal glamour (twelve-foot-wide hoopskirts, whalebone corsets that crushed her organs). As queen, Marie Antoinette used stunning, often extreme costumes to project an image of power and wage war against her enemies. Gradually, however, she began to lose her hold on the French when she started to adopt "unqueenly" outfits (the provocative chemise) that, surprisingly, would be adopted by the revolutionaries who executed her. Weber's queen is sublime, human, and surprising: a sometimes courageous monarch unwilling to allow others to determine her destiny. The paradox of her tragic story, according to Weber, is that fashion—the vehicle she used to secure her triumphs—was also the means of her undoing. Weber's book is not only a stylish and original addition to Marie Antoinette scholarship, but also a moving, revelatory reinterpretation of one of history's most controversial figures.
Author : Marion Crawford
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 0312312156
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (123 download)
Download or read book The Little Princesses written by Marion Crawford and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2003-04-10 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An account of the childhoods and early adulthoods of Queen Elizabeth and Princess Margaret, as told by one of their primary caregivers, offers insight into early twentieth-century British royal life.
