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Author : Jerrold M. Packard
Publisher : Scribner Book Company
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : MINN:31951001159167N
Author : Robert Hardman
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2021-11-15
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781639360451
The hotly anticipated American edition of Robert Hardman's biography of Queen Elizabeth (formerly Our Queen in the U.K.)—An intimate portrait of England's soon-to-be longest reigning queen, in celebration of her diamond jubilee—and the first-ever book interview with her grandson, Prince William. History has known no monarch like her. She has traveled farther than all her predecessors put together and lived longer than any of them. She has known more historic figures than anyone alive—from Churchill to Mandela, de Gaulle to Obama. Now, the distinguished royal writer Robert Hardman has been granted special access to the world of Queen Elizabeth II to produce this enthralling new portrait of one of the most popular pubic figures on earth. Not only has Elizabeth II reigned through Britain’s transformation from an imperial power to a multi-cultural nation, but she has also steered the monarchy through more reforms in the last twenty-five years than in the previous century. Queen Elizabeth II sits at the head of an ancient institution that remains simultaneously popular, regal, inclusive, and relevant in a twenty-first-century world. It is down to neither luck nor longevity: it is down to the shrewd judgment of a thoroughly modern monarchy—with no small assistance from the longest-serving consort in history. Here is the inside story.
Author : Anna Whitelock
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 610 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2013-05-23
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781408833636
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 : Anna Whitelock
Publisher : Sarah Crichton Books
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2014-02-11
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781429949163
From the private world of a beloved English queen, a story of intimacy, royalty, espionage, rumor, and subterfuge Queen Elizabeth I acceded to the throne in 1558, restoring the Protestant faith to England. At the heart of the new queen's court lay her bedchamber, closely guarded by the favored women who helped her dress, looked after her jewels, and shared her bed. Elizabeth's private life was of public concern. Her bedfellows were witnesses to the face and body beneath the makeup and raiment, as well as to rumored dalliances with such figures as Earl Robert Dudley. Their presence was for security as well as propriety, as the kingdom was haunted by fears of assassination plots and other Catholic stratagems. Such was the significance of the queen's body: it represented the very British state itself. In The Queen's Bed, the historian Anna Whitelock offers a revealing look at the Elizabethan court and the politics of intimacy. She dramatically reconstructs, for the first time, the queen's quarters and the women who patrolled them. It is a story of sex, gossip, conspiracy, and intrigue brought to life amid the colors, textures, smells, and routines of the royal court. The women who attended the queen held the truth about her health, chastity, and fertility. They were her friends, confidantes, and spies—nobody knew her better. And until now, historians have overlooked them. The Queen's Bed is a revelatory, insightful look into their daily lives—the untold story of the queen laid bare.
Author : Kathryn Hinds
Publisher : Marshall Cavendish
Page : 94 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 076142542X
Describes daily life in Elizabethan England.
Author : Lisa Hopkins
Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1990-01-01
Category : Courts and courtiers
ISBN : 0312035683
Author : K. M. Shea
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2021-01-15
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1950635139
Author : William W. Lace
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : 1590180984
A biography of England's Queen Elizabeth I, looking as well as the members of her court and how they served her.
Author : Gerald Marzorati
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2022-06-14
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781982127893
A riveting, revealing portrait of tennis champion and global icon Serena Williams that combines biography, cultural criticism, and sports writing to offer “a deep, satisfying meditation” (The New York Times) on the most consequential athlete of her time. There has never been an athlete like Serena Williams. She has dominated women’s tennis for two decades, changed the way the game is played, and—by inspiring Naomi Osaka, Coco Gauff, and others—changed, too, the racial makeup of the pro game. But Williams’s influence has not been confined to the tennis court. As a powerful Black woman who struggled to achieve and sustain success, she has emerged as a cultural icon, figuring in conversations about body image, working mothers, and more. Seeing Serena chronicles Williams’s return to tennis after giving birth to her daughter—from her controversial 2018 US Open final against Naomi Osaka through a 2020 season that unfolded against a backdrop of a pandemic and protests over the killing of Black men and women by the police. Gerald Marzorati, who writes about tennis for The New Yorker, travels to Wimbledon and to Compton, California, where Serena and her sister Venus learned to play. He talks with former women’s tennis greats, sports and cultural commentators—and Serena herself. He observes Williams from courtside, on the red carpet, in fashion magazines, on social media. He sees her and writes about her prismatically—reflecting on her many, many facets. The result is an “enlightening…keen analysis” (The Washington Post) and energetic narrative that illuminates Serena’s singular status as the greatest women’s tennis player of all time and a Black woman with a global presence like no other.
Author : Karen Britland
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 201 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2006-04-06
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9780521847971
A 2006 study of Queen Henrietta Maria's patronage of drama in England and her French heritage.
Author : Madeleine Blais
Publisher : Atlantic Monthly Press
Page : 303 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2023-08-15
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780802165749
From the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Madeleine Blais, the dramatic and colorful story of legendary tennis star and international celebrity, Alice Marble In August 1939, Alice Marble graced the cover of Life magazine, photographed by the famed Alfred Eisenstaedt. She was a glamorous worldwide celebrity, having that year won singles, women’s doubles, and mixed doubles tennis titles at both Wimbledon and the US Open, then an unprecedented feat. Yet today one of America’s greatest female athletes and most charismatic characters is largely forgotten. Queen of the Court places her back on center stage. Born in 1913, Marble grew up in San Francisco; her favorite sport, baseball. Given a tennis racket at age 13, she took to the sport immediately, rising to the top with a powerful, aggressive serve-and-volley style unseen in women’s tennis. A champion at the height of her fame in the late 1930s, she also designed a clothing line in the off-season and sang as a performer in the Sert Room of the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York to rave reviews. World War II derailed her amateur tennis career, but her life off the court was, if anything, even more eventful. She wrote a series of short books about famous women. She turned professional and joined a pro tour during the War, entertaining and inspiring soldiers and civilians alike. Ever glamorous and connected, she had a part in the 1952 Tracy and Hepburn movie Pat and Mike, and she played tennis with the likes of Charlie Chaplin, Marlene Dietrich, and her great friends, Clark Gable and Carole Lombard. However, perhaps her greatest legacy lies in her successful efforts, working largely alone, to persuade the all-white US Lawn Tennis Association to change its policy and allow African American star Althea Gibson to compete for the US championship in 1950, thereby breaking tennis’s color barrier. In two memoirs, Marble also showed herself to be an at-times unreliable narrator of her own life, which Madeleine Blais navigates skillfully, especially Marble’s dramatic claims of having been a spy during World War II. In Queen of the Court, the author of the bestselling In These Girls, Hope Is a Muscle recaptures a glittering life story.
Author : Nancy Maveety
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : STANFORD:36105131726890
The first book to challenge the conventional wisdom that Sandra Day O'Connor was an influential member of the Rehnquist Court simply by default of her centrist views. Shows that her impact and influence went far beyond the "swing vote," and that it truly was "O'Connor's Court" more so than Rehnquist's.
Author : Lucy Aikin
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 498 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2017-10-11
Category : History
ISBN : 0266185185
Excerpt from Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth, Vol. 1 of 2 Its plan comprehends a detailed iview of the private life of Elizabeth from' the period of_ her birth; a view of the' domestic history of her reign; memoirs of the principal familiesl of the nobility and biographical anecdotes of the cele braied characters who composed her court; besides notices of the manners, opinions and literature of the reign. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author : Lucy Aikin
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 690 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2019-12-02
Category : History
ISBN : EAN:4057664599070
'Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth' by Lucy Aikin is a detailed history book that focuses on the court and private life of Queen Elizabeth, presenting a wealth of biographical anecdotes about the celebrated figures who composed her court, as well as the manners, opinions, and literature of the era. This book provides a fascinating glimpse into the life and times of one of Europe's most famous and influential female rulers.
Author : Ernest Law
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 458 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1897
Category : Hampton Court (S.C.).
ISBN : UOM:39015027894271