Scotland S Hidden Harlots Heroines

Author : Annie Harrower-Gray
Publisher : Pen and Sword
Page : 201 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2014-03-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9781781592717

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Scotland's Hidden Harlots and Heroines by Annie Harrower-Gray Pdf

Annie Harrower-Gray opens up an alternative view of Scotland's turbulent history, revealing three centuries through the eyes of the nation's women. The whole of society appears, from ordinary labourers, prostitutes and factory hands to their more celebrated sisters and even witches, bodysnatchers and female Jacobites. ??All their tales are freshly researched and told with a sense of humour. Colourful characters abound! Step inside the boudoirs of Edinburgh's ladies of pleasure, whose civilised manners so confused one church minister that he 'accidentally' took tea in a brothel. Creep into the graveyard with Helen Torrance and Jean Lapiq, convicted of bodysnatching half a century before Burke and Hare. Uncover the murky history of Scotland's last witch Helen Duncan, whose eerily accurate wartime predictions led to her imprisonment. This book offers an exciting and erudite voyage through the social history of Scotland. ??Honour the heroines who helped to shape Scotland, yet rest in unvisited tombs!??As featured in Alloa & Hillfoots Advertiser and Scottish Memories Magazine.

Author : Gerda Stevenson
Publisher : Luath Press Ltd
Page : 153 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2020-04-08
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9781912387786

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Quines by Gerda Stevenson Pdf

Singers, politicians, a fish-gutter, queens, a dancer, a marine engineer, a salt seller, sportswomen, scientists and many more – Quines celebrates and explores the richly diverse contribution women have made to Scottish history and society.

Author : Lawrence Sue
Publisher : Saraband
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2023-06-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781915089786

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The Unreliable Death of Lady Grange by Lawrence Sue Pdf

A novel based on the shocking true eighteenth-century story of a Scottish noblewoman whose own husband faked her death and exiled her to a remote island, where she could never be found. Edinburgh, January 1732. It’s the funeral of Rachel, wife of high-ranking aristocrat Lord Grange, whose unexpected death has shocked the mourners. But Rachel is, in fact, very much alive. She has been brutally kidnapped and her death has been faked—by her own husband. Whether punishment for being “too feisty for a lady” and not submissive enough for a wife, or to cover up his treasonous Jacobite leanings, or simply to replace her with his long-time mistress, he has banished Rachel to a remote and barren island. There she will be subjected to a life of hardship and loneliness, unable to speak the islanders’ language, far from her beloved children and without hope of being found. Lady Grange has until now been remembered only by her husband’s unflattering account, but this novel reveals events from the perspective of the real Lady Grange. At last, centuries later, her story is reclaimed.

Author : Viki Holton
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
Page : 349 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2023-07-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781445692449

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A Woman's Will by Viki Holton Pdf

Unearths the lives of British women over 1,000 years using the rich historical record of their wills and legacies.

Author : Eilís O'Sullivan
Publisher : Springer
Page : 339 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2017-06-30
Category : Education
ISBN : 9783319546391

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Ascendancy Women and Elementary Education in Ireland by Eilís O'Sullivan Pdf

This book outlines the lives of six female members of the Irish Ascendancy, and describes their involvement with educational provision for poor children in Ireland at the end of the long eighteenth century. It argues that these women were moved by empathy and by a sense of duty, and that they were motivated by political considerations, pragmatism and, especially, religious belief. The book highlights the women’s agency and locates their contribution in international and literary contexts; and by exploring sources and evidence not previously considered, it generates an enhanced understanding of Ascendancy women’s involvement with the provision of elementary education for poor Irish children. This book will appeal to scholars and researchers in the fields of Education and History of Education. It will also have broad appeal for those interested in Gender and Women’s Studies, in Georgian Ireland and in the history of Ascendancy families and estates.

Author : Annie Harrower-gray
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2015-12-17
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1522802428

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Poacher's Moon by Annie Harrower-gray Pdf

Stirling in the sweltering summer of 1967. The Summer of Love has brought Hippies and a new found freedom but Bridie O'Day's only concern is getting through her first week as a probationer at Barton road Police Station. Realising her ambition to join CID is not going to be easy. The Police Force is a hierarchy of mysogynous sergeants and predatory plain clothes officers. Promotion for women is unheard of. On a routine visit to the Raploch, Stirling's most notorious housing scheme, Bridie stumbles upon the body of herbalist Helen Swankie. Helen has been murdered and if she can solve the crime before the maloderous and obnoxious Detective Sergeant Gus Wylie it can only help her chance of getting out of uniform, can't it? With the help of genealogist, Charlie Fleck and her foul mouthed parrot 'The Bosun', Bridie begins her own investigation but when a second body turns up, the motive for the killings seems far from simple. Bridie and Charlie embark on a trip deep into the past to unearth as secret buried in medieval times. The murders themselves are linked to one of the darkest tragedies of the preious decade. Will the pair be able to bring the perpetrator to justice before the murderers twisted logic is the cause of yet another death.

Author : Elspeth King
Publisher : Mainstream Publishing
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Glasgow (Scotland)
ISBN : UVA:X002436254

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The Hidden History of Glasgow's Women by Elspeth King Pdf

This book looks at aspects of Glasgow history which have hitherto been ignored or overlooked by most historians - the history of women in the city. Existing histories are the histories of the men who made Glasgow great: the inventors, industrialists, shipbuilders, philosophers and men of medicine. Although every schoolchild knows the legends of St Mungo, no one knows the legend of his mother St Thenew. The strong machismo culture of the west of Scotland has all but obliterated the contribution of women. St Thenew is actually Scotland's first recorded rape victim, battered woman and unmarried mother. From the time of her death in the seventh century until the present day, there is a discernable trail of oppression and violence against women. At the same time there is a history of strong and sustained resistance to persecution, achievement in the face of adversity and moral triumph in the teeth of injustice. This work deals with women, religon and the Reformation, social and political status, the fight for equal rights and the history of the Suffragettes. Because of the nature of the sources, more space is given to women who stood up and stood out - the 16th century "orray woemen" whom the town council could not control, the revolutionary Owenites and those brave women who threw bombs, burned down big houses, and went on hunger strike.

Author : Maggie Craig
Publisher : Random House
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2011-09-09
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781780572963

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Damn' Rebel Bitches by Maggie Craig Pdf

Damn' Rebel Bitches takes a totally fresh approach to the history of the Jacobite Rising by telling fascinating stories of the many women caught up in the turbulent events of 1745-46. Many historians have ignored female participation in the '45: this book aims to redress the balance. Drawn from many original documents and letters, the stories that emerge of the women - and their men - are often touching, occasionally light-hearted and always engrossing.

Author : Augustus Charles Pugin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1895
Category : Architecture
ISBN : BSB:BSB11466680

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Specimens of Gothic Architecture; selected from various ancient Edifices in England: consisting of plans, elevations, sections, and parts at large; calculated to exemplify the various styles, and the practical construction of this admired class of architecture; accompanied by historical and descriptive accounts by Augustus Charles Pugin Pdf

Author : Saskia Walker
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
Page : 291 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2013-02-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781472008664

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The Harlot (Mills & Boon Spice) by Saskia Walker Pdf

The dark art of desire...

Author : Martha Moffitt Peacock
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 530 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2020-11-16
Category : Art
ISBN : 9789004432154

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Heroines, Harpies, and Housewives by Martha Moffitt Peacock Pdf

A novel and female empowering interpretive approach to these artistic archetypes in her analysis of Imaging Women of Consequence in the Dutch Golden Age.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 640 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1914
Category : Electronic
ISBN : NYPL:33433095092122

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Tatler & Bystander by Anonim Pdf

Author : Sara Ramsey
Publisher : Sara Ramsey
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2012-01-23
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781938312045

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Heiress Without a Cause by Sara Ramsey Pdf

One title to change his life... A disgraced son with a dark reputation, William "Ferguson" Avenel is content to live in exile - until his father dies in the scandal of the Season. With rumors of insanity swirling around them, his sisters desperately need a chaperone. Ferguson thinks he's found the most proper woman in England - and he won't ruin her, even if he secretly desires the passionate woman trapped beneath a spinster's cap. One chance to break the rules... Lady Madeleine Vaillant can't face her blighted future without making one glorious memory for herself. In disguise, on a London stage, she finds all the adoration she never felt from the ton. But when she's nearly recognized, she will do anything to hide her identity - even setting up her actress persona as Ferguson's mistress. She'll take the pleasure he offers, but Madeleine won't lose her heart in the bargain. One season to fall in love... Every stolen kiss could lead to discovery, and Ferguson's old enemies are determined to ruin them both. But as their dangerous passion ignites their hearts and threatens their futures, how can an heiress who dreams of freedom deny the duke who demands her love? --- Series: Muses of Mayfair #1 Next Book: Scotsmen Prefer Blondes, Muses of Mayfair #2 - available now! Genre: Regency Historical Setting: London, 1812 Length: 94,000 words (full-length novel) Sensuality: Hot

Author : Elizabeth Caldwell Hirschman,Donald N. Yates
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2015-05-07
Category : History
ISBN : 0786455225

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When Scotland Was Jewish by Elizabeth Caldwell Hirschman,Donald N. Yates Pdf

The popular image of Scotland is dominated by widely recognized elements of Celtic culture. But a significant non–Celtic influence on Scotland’s history has been largely ignored for centuries? This book argues that much of Scotland’s history and culture from 1100 forward is Jewish. The authors provide evidence that many of the national heroes, villains, rulers, nobles, traders, merchants, bishops, guild members, burgesses, and ministers of Scotland were of Jewish descent, their ancestors originating in France and Spain. Much of the traditional historical account of Scotland, it is proposed, rests on fundamental interpretive errors, perpetuated in order to affirm Scotland’s identity as a Celtic, Christian society. A more accurate and profound understanding of Scottish history has thus been buried. The authors’ wide-ranging research includes examination of census records, archaeological artifacts, castle carvings, cemetery inscriptions, religious seals, coinage, burgess and guild member rolls, noble genealogies, family crests, portraiture, and geographic place names.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 636 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1914
Category : Electronic
ISBN : HARVARD:32044101264950

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Tatler by Anonim Pdf