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 Bess of Hardwick - Mary S Lovell
Description: ISBN 0349115893 / Author: Mary S Lovell / Genre: Biography Newest Review: ... at how many documents, including letters, diaries, court reports, account books and inventories, had survived the hundreds of ... more  ... years.
*** Photos ***
Sixteen pages of photographs of paintings, buildings and other items of Tudor times, add to the appeal of this book to me. Some of these bring back happy memories of seeing them for real at current visitor attractions.
*** Royal Family Connections ***
Family trees in the book help to illustrate Bess’s connections with famous people of her time, including royalty.
As Bess was married (and widowed) four times the list of relations by blood and by marriage is long and also distinguished....more |
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Bess of Hardwick - Mary S Lovell: Girl Power - Tudor Style (1206 words)
by luckyarchers - written on 16.10.07 (Very useful, 213 readings)
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Bess of Hardwick: First Lady of Chatsworth by Mary S Lovell *** The Author *** Mary S Lovell was an accountant for many years before writing her first book at the age of 40. Biographies she has written include Straight on Till Morning about the aviatrix Beryl Markham, Cast No Shadow about the World War II spy Betty Pack, and the sisters who are The Mitford Girls. This biography, Bess of Hardwick: First Lady of Chatsworth, is her latest published work. Her next book is due to be a family biography called The Churchills. She lives in the New Forest area of Hampshire and is interested in horses, aviation and sailing. ...
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