Author: Frances A. Underhill
Publisher: Scala Arts Publishers Incorporated
ISBN: 9781785512537
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
-A revised, updated version of the enchanting biography of Elizabeth de Burgh, Lady of Clare, originally published in Britain and America in 1999 -Contains beautiful new illustrations and additional material -Elizabeth de Burgh was an unusual medieval woman that lived a fascinating, varied life - she promoted education and managed her own property, whilst also living in piety in her various dwellings in East Anglia, London, Wales and Ireland - all of which are shrewdly captured in this new title Elizabeth de Burgh was that unusual medieval woman, one who, after being widowed three times, held firmly on to her own property and managed it for her own and her family's benefit. The granddaughter of King Edward I, she lived during the turbulent reign of her uncle, Edward II, and survived to old age during the more settled times in the mid-fourteenth century when his son, Edward III, was on the throne. She was shrewd in her business dealings, cultivated men and women who would support and help her as both colleagues and friends, and lived a pious life in her various dwellings in East Anglia, London, Wales, and Ireland. She was unusual for the time in seeking to promote education, and as a result her name lives on today in her most prestigious foundation, Clare College, Cambridge. This book is a reprint with additional material and new illustrations of the original biography published both in Britain and America in 1999.
For Her Good Estate
Author: Frances A. Underhill
Publisher: Scala Arts Publishers Incorporated
ISBN: 9781785512537
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
-A revised, updated version of the enchanting biography of Elizabeth de Burgh, Lady of Clare, originally published in Britain and America in 1999 -Contains beautiful new illustrations and additional material -Elizabeth de Burgh was an unusual medieval woman that lived a fascinating, varied life - she promoted education and managed her own property, whilst also living in piety in her various dwellings in East Anglia, London, Wales and Ireland - all of which are shrewdly captured in this new title Elizabeth de Burgh was that unusual medieval woman, one who, after being widowed three times, held firmly on to her own property and managed it for her own and her family's benefit. The granddaughter of King Edward I, she lived during the turbulent reign of her uncle, Edward II, and survived to old age during the more settled times in the mid-fourteenth century when his son, Edward III, was on the throne. She was shrewd in her business dealings, cultivated men and women who would support and help her as both colleagues and friends, and lived a pious life in her various dwellings in East Anglia, London, Wales, and Ireland. She was unusual for the time in seeking to promote education, and as a result her name lives on today in her most prestigious foundation, Clare College, Cambridge. This book is a reprint with additional material and new illustrations of the original biography published both in Britain and America in 1999.
Publisher: Scala Arts Publishers Incorporated
ISBN: 9781785512537
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
-A revised, updated version of the enchanting biography of Elizabeth de Burgh, Lady of Clare, originally published in Britain and America in 1999 -Contains beautiful new illustrations and additional material -Elizabeth de Burgh was an unusual medieval woman that lived a fascinating, varied life - she promoted education and managed her own property, whilst also living in piety in her various dwellings in East Anglia, London, Wales and Ireland - all of which are shrewdly captured in this new title Elizabeth de Burgh was that unusual medieval woman, one who, after being widowed three times, held firmly on to her own property and managed it for her own and her family's benefit. The granddaughter of King Edward I, she lived during the turbulent reign of her uncle, Edward II, and survived to old age during the more settled times in the mid-fourteenth century when his son, Edward III, was on the throne. She was shrewd in her business dealings, cultivated men and women who would support and help her as both colleagues and friends, and lived a pious life in her various dwellings in East Anglia, London, Wales, and Ireland. She was unusual for the time in seeking to promote education, and as a result her name lives on today in her most prestigious foundation, Clare College, Cambridge. This book is a reprint with additional material and new illustrations of the original biography published both in Britain and America in 1999.
Maid to Match
Author: Deeanne Gist
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781410427670
Category : Biltmore Estate (Asheville, N.C.)
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"From the day she arrives at the Biltmore, Tillie Reese is dazzled by the riches of the Vanderbilts and by Mack Danvers, a mountain man turned footman. When Tillie is enlisted to help tame Mack's rugged behavior by tutoring him in the ways of refined society, the resulting sparks threaten Tillie's But the stakes rise even higher when Mack and Tillie become entangled in a cover-up at the town orphanage. They could both lose their...jobs and their hearts"--Cover p. [4].
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781410427670
Category : Biltmore Estate (Asheville, N.C.)
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"From the day she arrives at the Biltmore, Tillie Reese is dazzled by the riches of the Vanderbilts and by Mack Danvers, a mountain man turned footman. When Tillie is enlisted to help tame Mack's rugged behavior by tutoring him in the ways of refined society, the resulting sparks threaten Tillie's But the stakes rise even higher when Mack and Tillie become entangled in a cover-up at the town orphanage. They could both lose their...jobs and their hearts"--Cover p. [4].
Works
Author: Jonathan Edwards
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Philosophy, American
Languages : en
Pages : 998
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Philosophy, American
Languages : en
Pages : 998
Book Description
“The” works
Author: Daniel Defoe
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 616
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 616
Book Description
For Her Own Good
Author: J.S. Mawdsley
Publisher: J.S. Mawdsley
ISBN: 139390338X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 314
Book Description
Muriel Ostensen, handsome, clever, and a bitch, has no desire to get married. Broderick Gramiren, natural son of the king, has other ideas for her, and so does her family. In the wake of a shocking royal assassination, Broderick maneuvers secretly to become his father's official heir. But first, he just needs the right wife to help press his case. The Duke of Severn's daughter would be the perfect woman to help Broderick in his quest, especially with his father, the king, pressuring him to marry. Muriel, however, loves her independence, and she feels her family is selling her short by trying to marry her to a bastard, even if he is the king's bastard. If she has one scheme to avoid marrying Broderick, she has a dozen, but Broderick might just have a dozen and one. Book 2 in the political fantasy series Of Duty and Silver, For Her Own Good picks up where The Queen's Tower left off, but it can also be read as a standalone romance.
Publisher: J.S. Mawdsley
ISBN: 139390338X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 314
Book Description
Muriel Ostensen, handsome, clever, and a bitch, has no desire to get married. Broderick Gramiren, natural son of the king, has other ideas for her, and so does her family. In the wake of a shocking royal assassination, Broderick maneuvers secretly to become his father's official heir. But first, he just needs the right wife to help press his case. The Duke of Severn's daughter would be the perfect woman to help Broderick in his quest, especially with his father, the king, pressuring him to marry. Muriel, however, loves her independence, and she feels her family is selling her short by trying to marry her to a bastard, even if he is the king's bastard. If she has one scheme to avoid marrying Broderick, she has a dozen, but Broderick might just have a dozen and one. Book 2 in the political fantasy series Of Duty and Silver, For Her Own Good picks up where The Queen's Tower left off, but it can also be read as a standalone romance.
For Her Own Good
Author: Barbara Ehrenreich
Publisher: Anchor
ISBN: 0307764168
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 434
Book Description
This women's history classic brilliantly exposed the constraints imposed on women in the name of science and exposes the myths used to control them. Since the the nineteenth century, professionals have been invoking scientific expertise to prescribe what women should do for their own good. Among the experts’ diagnoses and remedies: menstruation was an illness requiring seclusion; pregnancy, a disabling condition; and higher education, a threat to long-term health of the uterus. From clitoridectomies to tame women’s behavior in the nineteenth century to the censure of a generation of mothers as castrators in the 1950s, doctors have not hesitated to intervene in women’s sexual, emotional, and maternal lives. Even domesticity, the most popular prescription for a safe environment for woman, spawned legions of “scientific” experts. Barbara Ehrenreich and Dierdre English has never lost faith in science itself, butinsist that we hold those who interpret it to higher standards. Women are entering the medical and scientific professions in greater numbers but as recent research shows, experts continue to use pseudoscience to tell women how to live. For Her Own Good provides today’s readers with an indispensable dose of informed skepticism.
Publisher: Anchor
ISBN: 0307764168
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 434
Book Description
This women's history classic brilliantly exposed the constraints imposed on women in the name of science and exposes the myths used to control them. Since the the nineteenth century, professionals have been invoking scientific expertise to prescribe what women should do for their own good. Among the experts’ diagnoses and remedies: menstruation was an illness requiring seclusion; pregnancy, a disabling condition; and higher education, a threat to long-term health of the uterus. From clitoridectomies to tame women’s behavior in the nineteenth century to the censure of a generation of mothers as castrators in the 1950s, doctors have not hesitated to intervene in women’s sexual, emotional, and maternal lives. Even domesticity, the most popular prescription for a safe environment for woman, spawned legions of “scientific” experts. Barbara Ehrenreich and Dierdre English has never lost faith in science itself, butinsist that we hold those who interpret it to higher standards. Women are entering the medical and scientific professions in greater numbers but as recent research shows, experts continue to use pseudoscience to tell women how to live. For Her Own Good provides today’s readers with an indispensable dose of informed skepticism.
New York Supplement
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 1192
Book Description
Includes decisions of the Supreme Court and various intermediate and lower courts of record; May/Aug. 1888-Sept../Dec. 1895, Superior Court of New York City; Mar./Apr. 1926-Dec. 1937/Jan. 1938, Court of Appeals.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 1192
Book Description
Includes decisions of the Supreme Court and various intermediate and lower courts of record; May/Aug. 1888-Sept../Dec. 1895, Superior Court of New York City; Mar./Apr. 1926-Dec. 1937/Jan. 1938, Court of Appeals.
The Belton Estate
Author: Anthony Trollope
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3732634647
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 366
Book Description
Reproduction of the original: The Belton Estate by Anthony Trollope
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3732634647
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 366
Book Description
Reproduction of the original: The Belton Estate by Anthony Trollope
The Executor's Guide
Author: Mary Randolph
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Executors and administrators
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Executors and administrators
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
The Great Estate
Author: Sherri Browning
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.
ISBN: 1402286864
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 233
Book Description
"Sherri Browning writes with a wicked wit and an enormous talent. The Great Estate is...full of fantastic characters, interesting storylines, and a very humorous courtship."—Reader to Reader Lady Sophia Averford's plans to turn her marriage of convenience into one of fiery passion are thwarted by the unexpected arrival of her mother-in-law. But unbeknownst to Sophia, Lord Averford has a few seductive plans of his own. Sophia Thorne was young and inexperienced when she married the dashing Earl of Averford...and through dark and troubled times, their relationship nearly came to an end. Now she's determined to transform herself into the fiery, ardent lover she always wanted to be, giving them a second chance at love... before they're lost to each other forever. It took nearly losing Sophia for Gabriel to realize he had allowed his love for his great estate to distract him from his beautiful wife. But that time is over. Despite all the obstacles standing in their way, Gabriel vows to teach Sophia what it is to truly love...and to be loved by a husband devoted heart and soul to her every desire. Thornbrook Park series: Thornbrook Park (Book 1) An Affair Downstairs (Book 2) The Great Estate (Book 3) Praise for Sherri Browning: "A sweet, natural chemistry." —Publishers Weekly on Thornbrook Park "Browning gives the reader a most beguiling story and a classic plotline while capturing the atmosphere of the era." —RT Book Reviews
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.
ISBN: 1402286864
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 233
Book Description
"Sherri Browning writes with a wicked wit and an enormous talent. The Great Estate is...full of fantastic characters, interesting storylines, and a very humorous courtship."—Reader to Reader Lady Sophia Averford's plans to turn her marriage of convenience into one of fiery passion are thwarted by the unexpected arrival of her mother-in-law. But unbeknownst to Sophia, Lord Averford has a few seductive plans of his own. Sophia Thorne was young and inexperienced when she married the dashing Earl of Averford...and through dark and troubled times, their relationship nearly came to an end. Now she's determined to transform herself into the fiery, ardent lover she always wanted to be, giving them a second chance at love... before they're lost to each other forever. It took nearly losing Sophia for Gabriel to realize he had allowed his love for his great estate to distract him from his beautiful wife. But that time is over. Despite all the obstacles standing in their way, Gabriel vows to teach Sophia what it is to truly love...and to be loved by a husband devoted heart and soul to her every desire. Thornbrook Park series: Thornbrook Park (Book 1) An Affair Downstairs (Book 2) The Great Estate (Book 3) Praise for Sherri Browning: "A sweet, natural chemistry." —Publishers Weekly on Thornbrook Park "Browning gives the reader a most beguiling story and a classic plotline while capturing the atmosphere of the era." —RT Book Reviews