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Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (117 download)
Download or read book Leicesters Common-wealth written by and published by . This book was released on 1641 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Elizabeth Goldring
Publisher : Paul Mellon Ctr for Studies
ISBN 13 : 9780300192247
Total Pages : 380 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (922 download)
Download or read book Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, and the World of Elizabethan Art written by Elizabeth Goldring and published by Paul Mellon Ctr for Studies. This book was released on 2014 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the first comprehensive survey of aristocratic art collecting and patronage in Elizabethan England, as seen through the activities of Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester (ca. 1532-1588). One of the most fascinating and controversial people of his day, Leicester was also the most important patron of painters at the Elizabethan court. He amassed a substantial art collection, including commissioned works by Nicholas Hilliard, Paolo Veronese, and Federico Zuccaro; helped foster the birth of an English vernacular discourse on the visual arts; and was an early exponent, in England, of the Italian Renaissance view of the painter as the practitioner of a liberal art and, thus, fit company for the educated and well-born. Although Leicester’s picture collection and personal papers were widely dispersed after his death, this volume’s pioneering research reconstructs his lost world and, with it, a turning point in the history of British art. Some of the paintings featured here are little-known images from private collections, never before reproduced in color.
Author : Jeane Westin
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101458844
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (14 download)
Download or read book His Last Letter written by Jeane Westin and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2010-08-03 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the greatest loves of all time-between Elizabeth I and Robert Dudley-comes to life in this vivid novel. They were playmates as children, impetuous lovers as adults-and for thirty years were the center of each others' lives. Astute to the dangers of choosing any one man, the Virgin Queen could never give her "Sweet Robin" what he wanted most-marriage- yet she insisted he stay close by her side. Possessive and jealous, their love survived quarrels, his two disastrous marriages to other women, her constant flirtations, and political machinations with foreign princes. His Last Letter tells the story of this great love... and especially of the last three years Elizabeth and Dudley spent together, the most dangerous of her rule, when their passion was tempered by a bittersweet recognition of all that they shared-and all that would remain unfulfilled.
Author : Jean Plaidy
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1446411834
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (464 download)
Download or read book Lord Robert written by Jean Plaidy and published by Random House. This book was released on 2011-02-15 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Perfect for fans of Philippa Gregory, this is the wonderfully atmospheric, enthralling and vivid depiction of Elizabeth I's ardent and emotional love affair with Robert Dudley from international multi-million copy bestseller Jean Plaidy. 'Full-blooded, dramatic, exciting' -- Observer 'Outstanding' -- Vanity Fair 'It is hard to better Jean Plaidy when she is in form' -- Daily Mirror 'I couldn't put it down' -- ***** Reader review 'A compelling read' -- ***** Reader review 'I was gripped from the first page' -- ***** Reader review ************************************************************************************ In the grim recesses of the Tower of London, two captives begin a passionate love affair that will last years but is destined to destroy them; one is Robert Dudley, the other is the future Queen of England, Elizabeth I. Pardoned by Queen Mary, Dudley and Elizabeth are freed, but their mutual longing must be from a distance: Dudley is married, and as the next heir to the throne, Elizabeth must tread carefully...
Author : Vaughan Thomas
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 148 pages
Book Rating : 4.R/5 (6 download)
Download or read book The Italian biography of sir Robert Dudley. To which are added, some biographical notices of dame Alice Dudley his wife, as also of their four daughters written by Vaughan Thomas and published by . This book was released on 1858 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Susan Doran
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0199574952
Total Pages : 418 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (995 download)
Download or read book Elizabeth I and Her Circle written by Susan Doran and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2015 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The inside story of Elizabeth I's inner circle and the crucial human relationships which lay at the heart of her personal and political life. It is a vivid and often dramatic account, offering a deeper insight into Elizabeth's emotional and political conduct, and challenging many popular myths about her.
Author : Nicola Tallis
Publisher : Michael O'Mara Books
ISBN 13 : 1782437517
Total Pages : 361 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (824 download)
Download or read book Elizabeth's Rival written by Nicola Tallis and published by Michael O'Mara Books. This book was released on 2017-11-02 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first biography of Lettice Knollys, one of the most prominent women of the Elizabethan era, also examines the relationship between Elizabeth and Lettice's husband, Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester, within the context of his third marriage.
Author : Chris Skidmore
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780753827017
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (27 download)
Download or read book Death and the Virgin written by Chris Skidmore and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Christopher Skidmore takes a fresh look at the familiar story of a queen with the stomach of a man, steadfastly refusing to marry for the sake of her realm.
Author : Sarah Gristwood
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 9780143114499
Total Pages : 436 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (144 download)
Download or read book Elizabeth and Leicester written by Sarah Gristwood and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2008-10-28 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: View our feature on Sarah Gristwood’s Elizabeth & Leicester.Though the story has been told on film—and whispered in historic gossip—this is the first book in almost fifty years to solely explore the great queen’s attachment to her beloved Robert Dudley, the Earl of Leicester. Fueled by scandal and intrigue, their relationship set the explosive connection between public and private life in sixteenth-century England in bold relief. Why did they never marry? How much of what seemed a passionate obsession was actually political convenience? Elizabeth and Leicester reignites this 400- year-old love story in a book for anyone interested in Elizabethan literature.
Author : Simon Adams
Publisher : Manchester University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780719053252
Total Pages : 436 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (532 download)
Download or read book Leicester and the Court written by Simon Adams and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the past 25 years Elizabethan history has been transformed by the work of Simon Adams. Famous for the depth and breadth of his research in libraries and archives throughout Britain, Western Europe and the USA, he has brought to life the most enigmatic of the greater Elizabethans: Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester. Together with his edition of Leicester's accounts and his reconstruction of Leicester's papers, Adams has published numerous essays and articles on Leicester's influence and activities. They have reshaped our knowledge of Elizabeth and her Court, Parliament, the localities from Wales to Warwickshire and such subjects of recent debate as the power of the nobility and the noble affinity, the politics of faction and the role of patronage. Sixteen of Simon Adams' essays are found in this collection, organized into three groups: the Court, Leicester and his affinity, and Leicester and the regions. The collection ranges from much-cited essays in standard textbooks to papers at international conferences, as well as articles in a variety of journals.
Author : Sarah-Beth Watkins
Publisher : John Hunt Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1782795847
Total Pages : 138 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (827 download)
Download or read book Lady Katherine Knollys written by Sarah-Beth Watkins and published by John Hunt Publishing. This book was released on 2015-01-30 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Katherine Knollys was Mary Boleyn's first child, born in 1524 when Mary was having an affair with King Henry VIII. Katherine spent her life unacknowledged as the king's daughter, yet she was given prime appointments at court as maid of honour to both Anne of Cleves and Katherine Howard. She married Francis Knollys when she was 16 and went on to become mother to many successful men and women at court including Lettice Knollys who created a scandal when she married Sir Robert Dudley, the queen's favourite. This fascinating book studies Katherine's life and times, including her intriguing relationship with Elizabeth I.
Author : Howard M. Nixon
Publisher : Oxford [England] ; Clarendon Press ; Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The History of Decorated Bookbinding in England written by Howard M. Nixon and published by Oxford [England] ; Clarendon Press ; Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1992 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on the Lyell Lectures given by Howard Nixon at Oxford in 1979, this lavishly illustrated book traces the decorated binding in England from the earliest surviving example, the St Cuthbert Gospel dating from a little before the end of the seventh century, to the beginning of the Modern Movement in the late 1940s. This books emphasis is on fine binding in leather, with the styles and designs used for its decoration, and with the tools employed to effect these designs. This work is the first to trace comprehensively the development of this English tradition and bring together numerous illustrations of the superb bindings produced over the last eight centuries.
Author : George Adlard
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Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.R/5 (6 download)
Download or read book The Sutton-Dudleys of England and the Dudleys of Massachusetts in New England written by George Adlard and published by . This book was released on 1862 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : P.F. Chisholm
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1784978612
Total Pages : 325 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (849 download)
Download or read book An Air of Treason written by P.F. Chisholm and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2016-09-01 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After his hair-raising adventures in London, Sir Robert Carey has finally tracked down Queen Elizabeth, who is about to make a state visit to Oxford. But instead of giving the Courtier his much-needed warrant and fee for being Deputy Warden of the West March with Scotland, Her Majesty orders him to investigate the most dangerous cold case of her reign – the mysterious 1560 death of Amy Dudley(née Robsart), unloved wife of Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester. Some thirty years back, the late Dudley was Elizabeth's favorite suitor and potential husband. Amy died at Cumnor Place, close at hand. The Queen has since been one of the most obvious suspects in arranging Amy's murder. This makes Carey deeply uneasy with his sleuthing role. He's further uneasy that his father, Elizabeth's cousin from the wrong side of the blanket, is clearly involved. Then someone manages to poison Carey with belladonna, which temporarily blinds him. Worse still, Sergeant Dodd, the man most often guarding Carey's back, has disappeared on the road from London. As the Queen's scandalous past collides with her magnificent State entrance into Oxford, can Carey rally in time to find both Dodd and the true murderer of Amy Robsart?
Author : Anna Whitelock
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 1408833638
Total Pages : 669 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (88 download)
Download or read book Elizabeth's Bedfellows written by Anna Whitelock and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2013-05-23 with total page 669 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Elizabeth I acceded to the throne in 1558, restoring the Protestant faith to England. At the heart of the new queen's court lay Elizabeth's bedchamber, closely guarded by the favoured women who helped her dress, looked after her jewels and shared her bed. Elizabeth's private life was of public, political concern. Her bedfellows were witnesses to the face and body beneath the make-up and elaborate clothes, as well as to rumoured illicit dalliances with such figures as Robert Dudley. Their presence was for security as well as propriety, as the kingdom was haunted by fears of assassination plots and other Catholic subterfuge. For such was the significance of the queen's body: it represented the very state itself. This riveting, revealing history of the politics of intimacy uncovers the feminized world of the Elizabethan court. Between the scandal and intrigue the women who attended the queen were the guardians of the truth about her health, chastity and fertility. Their stories offer extraordinary insight into the daily life of the Elizabethans, the fragility of royal favour and the price of disloyalty.
Author : Claire Tomalin
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0307427595
Total Pages : 530 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (74 download)
Download or read book Samuel Pepys written by Claire Tomalin and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2007-12-18 with total page 530 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For a decade, beginning in 1660, an ambitious young London civil servant kept an astonishingly candid account of his life during one of the most defining periods in British history. In Samuel Pepys, Claire Tomalin offers us a fully realized and richly nuanced portrait of this man, whose inadvertent masterpiece would establish him as the greatest diarist in the English language. Against the backdrop of plague, civil war, and regicide, with John Milton composing diplomatic correspondence for Oliver Cromwell, Christopher Wren drawing up plans to rebuild London, and Isaac Newton advancing the empirical study of the world around us, Tomalin weaves a breathtaking account of a figure who has passed on to us much of what we know about seventeenth-century London. We witness Pepys’s early life and education, see him advising King Charles II before running to watch the great fire consume London, learn about the great events of the day as well as the most intimate personal details that Pepys encrypted in the Diary, follow him through his later years as a powerful naval administrator, and come to appreciate how Pepys’s singular literary enterprise would in many ways prefigure our modern selves. With exquisite insight and compassion, Samuel Pepys captures the uniquely fascinating figure whose legacy lives on more than three hundred years after his death.
Author : Lytton Strachey
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (21 download)
Download or read book Elizabeth and Essex written by Lytton Strachey and published by . This book was released on 1950 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
