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Author : Shane Leslie
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Total Pages : 456 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The Letters of Mrs. Fitzherbert written by Shane Leslie and published by . This book was released on 1940 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Saul David
Publisher : Grove Press
ISBN 13 : 9780802137036
Total Pages : 508 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (37 download)
Download or read book Prince of Pleasure written by Saul David and published by Grove Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 508 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this title, a chronicle of the scandalous reign of England's George IV captures the sexual intrigue and financial improvidence that that helped define the Regency period and also notes this complex King's intelligence and advocacy of the arts.
Author : Penny Perrick
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1448217229
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (482 download)
Download or read book Telling Tales written by Penny Perrick and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2018-07-12 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The poignant biography of Anita Leslie, only woman to have been awarded both the Croix de Guerre and the Africa Star in World War II. Anita Leslie (1914-85), best known for popular biographies of her relatives including Jennie Churchill, Winston's mother, was also an unlikely war heroine. In 1940, Anita volunteered as an ambulance driver. By the end of the war, she was the only woman to have been awarded both the Africa Star and the Croix de Guerre, alongside the other medals for her service across all four fronts of WWII, as recounted in her remarkable memoir Train to Nowhere. In this revealing biography, Penny Perrick brings Anita to life: her complicated early years, her love for her children, her passion for Ireland, her career as a writer, and the ongoing family drama about Castle Leslie. Telling Tales is a scintillating and poignant account of this flamboyant woman.
Author : Valerie Irvine
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 184725053X
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (472 download)
Download or read book The King's Wife written by Valerie Irvine and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2007-08-30 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: a highly readable account of a love match that pre-echoes the later relationship of Prince Charles and Camilla Parker-Bowles.
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Total Pages : 880 pages
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Author : Amanda Foreman
Publisher : Modern Library
ISBN 13 : 0375753834
Total Pages : 514 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (757 download)
Download or read book Georgiana written by Amanda Foreman and published by Modern Library. This book was released on 2001-01-16 with total page 514 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The winner of Britain's prestigious Whitbread Prize and a bestseller there for months, this wonderfully readable biography offers a rich, rollicking picture of late-eighteenth-century British aristocracy and the intimate story of a woman who for a time was its undisputed leader. Lady Georgiana Spencer was the great-great-great-great-aunt of Diana, Princess of Wales, and was nearly as famous in her day. In 1774, at the age of seventeen, Georgiana achieved immediate celebrity by marrying one of England's richest and most influential aristocrats, the Duke of Devonshire. Launched into a world of wealth and power, she quickly became the queen of fashionable society, adored by the Prince of Wales, a dear friend of Marie-Antoinette, and leader of the most important salon of her time. Not content with the role of society hostess, she used her connections to enter politics, eventually becoming more influential than most of the men who held office. Her good works and social exploits made her loved by the multitudes, but Georgiana's public success, like Diana's, concealed a personal life that was fraught with suffering. The Duke of Devonshire was unimpressed by his wife's legendary charms, preferring instead those of her closest friend, a woman with whom Georgiana herself was rumored to be on intimate terms. For over twenty years, the three lived together in a jealous and uneasy ménage à trois, during which time both women bore the Duke's children—as well as those of other men. Foreman's descriptions of Georgiana's uncontrollable gambling, all- night drinking, drug taking, and love affairs with the leading politicians of the day give us fascinating insight into the lives of the British aristocracy in the era of the madness of King George III, the American and French revolutions, and the defeat of Napoleon. A gifted young historian whom critics are already likening to Antonia Fraser, Amanda Foreman draws on a wealth of fresh research and writes colorfully and penetratingly about the fascinating Georgiana, whose struggle against her own weaknesses, whose great beauty and flamboyance, and whose determination to play a part in the affairs of the world make her a vibrant, astonishingly contemporary figure.
Author : Tom Ambrose
Publisher : Peter Owen Publishers
ISBN 13 : 0720617936
Total Pages : 265 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (26 download)
Download or read book Prinny and His Pals written by Tom Ambrose and published by Peter Owen Publishers. This book was released on 2016-04-07 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the first biography of George IV in 1831 to the last in 2001, Mad King George’s son has commonly been held up to ridicule as a weak, selfish, and incompetent spendthrift, barely tolerated by his ministers, loathed by most of his family, and dependent on the emotional support of grasping mistresses. However, acclaimed historian Tom Ambrose—author of Godfather of the Revolution: The Life of Phillipe Egalité, Duc D’Orléans—has uncovered new details on "Prinny" that suggests that, for all his faults, George IV just may have been the most humane and amusing of all British monarchs, notwithstanding his love of the high life. Central to the story is the vast array of friends that populate a remarkable reign as Prince Regent and King. If Prinny, as they knew him, was so grotesquely foolish, how did he amass such a fascinating (and loyal) group of friends? Could any other British ruler count among his friends the country’s most brilliant playwright (Richard Sheridan), or the wiliest statesman (Charles Fox), or the greatest political philosopher (Edmund Burke), not to mention perhaps the biggest loveable rogues’ gallery London ever saw? The truth was that Prinny’s occasional buffoonery and imposing girth made him the perfect target for political satirists and cartoonists—at their zenith during his reign—and his high qualities have been consistently overlooked. This warm, funny, and affectionate portrait displays George at his very best: delighting some of the finest minds of his generation, easily winning over his subjects and his family as well as treating his lovers with care and concern—and roistering with all his pals.
Author : Kate Williams
Publisher : Ballantine Books
ISBN 13 : 0345521935
Total Pages : 465 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (455 download)
Download or read book Becoming Queen Victoria written by Kate Williams and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2010-08-10 with total page 465 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The perfect companion to the PBS Masterpiece series Victoria • A gripping account of Queen Victoria’s rise and early years in power from CNN’s official royal historian “Kate Williams has perfected the art of historical biography. Her pacy writing is underpinned by the most impeccable scholarship.”—Alison Weir In 1819, a girl was born to the fourth son of King George III. No one could have expected such an unassuming, overprotected girl to be an effective ruler—yet Queen Victoria would become one of the most powerful monarchs in history. Writing with novelistic flair and historical precision, Kate Williams reveals a vibrant woman in the prime of her life, while chronicling the byzantine machinations that continued even after the crown was placed on her head. Upon hearing that she had inherited the throne, eighteen-year-old Victoria banished her overambitious mother from the room, a simple yet resolute move that would set the tone for her reign. The queen clashed constantly not only with her mother and her mother’s adviser, the Irish adventurer John Conroy, but with her ministers and even her beloved Prince Albert—all of whom attempted to seize control from her. Williams lays bare the passions that swirled around the throne—the court secrets, the sexual repression, and the endless intrigue. The result is a grand tale of a woman whose destiny began long before she was born and whose legacy lives on. Praise for Becoming Queen Victoria “An informative, entertaining, gossipy tale.”—Publishers Weekly “A great read . . . With lively writing, Ms. Williams [makes] the story fresh and appealing.”—The Washington Times “Sparkling, engaging.”—Open Letters Monthly
Author : T. Bose
Publisher : UBC Press
ISBN 13 : 0774844833
Total Pages : 538 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (748 download)
Download or read book A Bookman's Catalogue Vol. 1 A-L written by T. Bose and published by UBC Press. This book was released on 2011-11-01 with total page 538 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Colbeck collection was formed over half a century ago by the Bournemouth bookseller Norman Colbeck. Focusing primarily on British essayists and poets of the nineteenth century from the Romantic Movement through the Edwardian era, the collection features nearly 500 authors and lists over 13,000 works. Entries are alphabetically arranged by author with copious notes on the condition and binding of each copy. Nine appendices provide listings of selected periodicals, series publications, anthologies, yearbooks, and topical works.
Author : Louis A. Landa
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 1400877334
Total Pages : 721 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (8 download)
Download or read book English Literature, Volume 2 written by Louis A. Landa and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2015-12-08 with total page 721 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two volumes containing the annual bibliographies of 18th century scholarship published in the Philological Quarterly. "An excellent aid to the student of 18th century literature."—Saturday Review. Volume 2, 1939-1950, includes consolidated index for both volumes. Originally published in 1952. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
Author : Eliakim Littell
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Total Pages : 844 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)
Download or read book Littell's Living Age written by Eliakim Littell and published by . This book was released on 1856 with total page 844 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 844 pages
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Download or read book The Living Age written by and published by . This book was released on 1856 with total page 844 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : John Ashdown-Hill
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 0752494201
Total Pages : 376 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (524 download)
Download or read book Royal Marriage Secrets written by John Ashdown-Hill and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2013-07-01 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With a new royal baby we witness fundamental changes in the succession laws, but then rules governing the royal weddings and the succession to the throne have always been shifting. So what is MARRIAGE and who decides? What special rules govern ROYAL MARRIAGE and when did they come into force? How have royal marriages affected history? Were the ‘Princes in the Tower’ illegitimate? Did Henry VIII really have six wives? Was Queen Victoria ‘Mrs Brown’? how were royal consorts chosen in the past? Did some use witchcraft to win the Crown? History has handled debateable royal marriages in various ways, but had the same rules been applied consistently, the order of succession would have been completely different. Here, all controversial English and British royal marriages are reassessed together for the first time to explore how different cases can shed light on one another. Surveying the whole phenomenon of disputed royal marriage, the author offer some intriguing new evidence, while highlighting common features and points of contrast.
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Total Pages : 1090 pages
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Total Pages : 1080 pages
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Author : William Henry Wilkins
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Total Pages : 444 pages
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Download or read book Mrs. Fitzherbert and George IV written by William Henry Wilkins and published by . This book was released on 1905 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 842 pages
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