Bess of Hardwick: First Lady of Chatsworth - Mary S. Lovell Reviews
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Newest Review: ... when she was a baby, they were also very poor. It was customary for young girls of such families to be sent away to ... more
... wealthier relatives where they would serve as junior Ladies-in-Waiting (not servants as such, but would be expected to run errands, needlework tasks and make themselves useful as well as be good company). Bess, aged 10, was sent to distant cousins the Zouche family. It was here that she met her first husband, a neighbour's son Robert Barlow. They were married when Bess was 15, and he 13. Her husband died some eighteen months later, and it is unlikely the marriage was consummated (this often didn't happen until later in th...more
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Bess of Hardwick: First Lady of Chatsworth - Mary S. Lovell: Bess Hardwick - Friend of Queens (786 words)by - written on 07/09/12 (Very useful, 61 readings)
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I am a big fan of the Tudor period and enjoy reading historical books and biographies from the period to indulge my Tudor 'geekery'. A friend has bought some of these biographies as a Christmas present over the last few years, and knowing I prefer the female perspective chose the biography Bess of Hardwick: First Lady of Chatsworth by Mary S Lovell last Christmas. I had come across Bess before as a peer of Elizabeth I and a friend to Lady Jane Grey and her sisters. The book is vast at some 550 pages and I was initially daunted and procrastinated a bit, but once I got stuck in I really enjoyed it. It is worth noting that the biography is a more modest 479 pages, the .. Read the complete review
by - written on 19/04/10, updated on 19/04/10 (Very useful, 94 readings)
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Mary S Lovell has painted a detailed and sympathetic portrait of an incredible woman in her biography of Bess of Hardwick. She re-examines some of the evidence used by previous biographers who have portrayed Bess as a hard headed scheming woman and depicts her as a clever, shrewd, business woman whose main ambition in life is to found her own dynasty. In informing us of the erratic nature of the spelling in Tudor documents and the practice of using the same Christian name again and again in many prominent families of the time, Mary manages to explain how some earlier biographies may have misinterpreted events in Bess's life and to some degree her ... Read the complete review
by - written on 31/08/08 (Very useful, 45 readings)
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This biography of the second most powerful woman in England at the time of Queen Elizabeth the First was published in 2005, and is written by Mary S Lovell. The author conducts very thorough research as she herself states in the introduction. I envy her good fortune, as not only was she granted access to the private records of the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire, but discovered a personal connection through her husband's family. Mary Lovell is very helpful in her introduction, explaining how in Tudor times names were often spellt many different ways, and gives examples of the different spellings of the main characters. When a new person emerges she gives the ... Read the complete review
