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La Dame des rivières

Autor: Philippa Gregory , Mathias Lefort

Número de Páginas: 746

Certaines femmes sont incapables de vivre une vie ordinaire. Elle a essayé de ne pas dépasser du cadre, mais certaines femmes ne rentrent même pas dans ce cadre. Nous vivons dans un monde d'hommes et certaines femmes ne peuvent pas vivre à l'allure qu'ils nous imposent. Angleterre, 1436. Jacquetta de Luxembourg, déjà veuve à dix-neuf ans, épouse son amant Richard Woodville et retourne servir à la Cour du roi Henri VI, où elle devient une amie loyale de la reine. Fine politique, Jacquetta parvient, au fil des ans, à étendre l'influence de la famille Woodville auprès des Lancastre. Mais quand le roi sombre dans un mystérieux sommeil, la maison d'York révèle son intention de prendre le pouvoir. Alors que commence la guerre des Deux-Roses, Jacquetta se bat pour son roi, sa reine et sa fille Élisabeth Woodville, qui, elle le sait, est promise à un extraordinaire destin. « Le monde de la magie et du mystère se mêle à la perfection aux jeux de pouvoir. » Booklist « Philippa Gregory est la reine du roman historique. Elle dresse le portrait de grandes femmes engagées dans un bras de fer avec les hommes de pouvoir. Elle rend l'histoire vivante. » Publishers Weekly...

La Dernière Reine

Autor: Philippa Gregory , Alain Sainte-marie

Número de Páginas: 442

« Ce roman rend justice au tour de force accompli par Catherine Parr tout en faisant le portrait d'une femme intègre et sensible qui apprend à survivre aux dangers de la vie de cour. » Historical Novels Review « Philippa Gregory est la maîtresse du roman historique. La Dernière Reine se lit comme un thriller. Pas de répit pour le lecteur. » Liz Smith Par l'auteure de Deux soeurs pour un roi. « Il veut que je meure. L'unique raison pour laquelle il m'accuse d'un crime passible de la peine de mort est qu'il veut me tuer. Henri, qui a fait exécuter deux de ses femmes et qui attendit qu'on lui annonce la mort de deux autres, entend désormais me faire subir le même sort. » À trente et un ans, Catherine Parr est une jeune veuve et vit l'idylle parfaite avec Thomas Seymour. Mais lorsque Henri VIII, le souverain d'Angleterre qui a conduit quatre de ses femmes au tombeau, l'invite à l'épouser, elle doit se résigner à un choix qui n'en est pas un. Brillante et indépendante d'esprit, elle est une cible toute désignée pour ses adversaires politiques qui l'accusent d'hérésie, crime puni par le bûcher et dont l'ordre d'exécution est signé... par le roi. Catherine...

Six Renaissance Men and Women

Autor: Elisabeth Salter

Número de Páginas: 184

In this innovative study, Elisabeth Salter reconstructs the lives of six men and women of the early Renaissance and leads us on a quest to reconstruct their lost cultural worlds.The six men and women are all figures from the margins of the royal courts during the reigns of Henry VII and Henry VIII. This book will appeal to historians of the late-medieval period and the Renaissance, and will serve as an exemplary model to scholars of biographical reconstruction.

L'Aube d'un nouveau monde

Autor: Philippa Gregory , Mathias Lefort

Número de Páginas: 892

- Et peut-être que toute cette histoire me fera gagner tant de choses que je pourrai t'acheter une maison dans le marais des fous, et on ira passer nos vieux jours là-bas ensemble, à regarder la marée monter et descendre dans le port, sans seigneur pour nous dicter nos actions ni roi pour diriger l'Angleterre. Peut-être que nous sommes à l'aube d'un nouveau monde. En 1685, l'Angleterre est au bord d'une nouvelle guerre civile. Ned Ferryman, fraîchement débarqué des Amériques, soutient la rébellion contre le roi Jacques II. Porté par ses idéaux de liberté, il a lié son destin à une jeune esclave qu'il a libérée. Ned se retrouve alors opposé à sa soeur, Alinor, qui par l'entremise de Livia, son ancienne belle-fille, est impliquée dans un plan secret visant à sauver la reine Marie-Béatrice. Si le complot est découvert, la famille d'Alinor risque la ruine, et s'il réussit, une récompense inestimable l'attend : la propriété du marais des fous, l'endroit où elle a grandi. Alors que les événements s'accélèrent et qu'un monde pourrait disparaître, pour tous, l'aube s'annonce pleine de promesses. Une histoire familiale passionnante mêlant intrigues...

La reine à la rose rouge

Autor: Philippa Gregory , Mathias Lefort

Número de Páginas: 371

À travers La reine à la rose rouge, Philippa Gregory fait revivre l'histoire de Margaret Beaufort, un personnage sombre et mystérieux dans La reine à la rose blanche mais qui occupe désormais le devant de la scène dans la lutte acharnée de la guerre des Deux-Roses. Veuve très jeune, Margaret Beaufort se marie en secondes noces avec Edmond Tudor. Elle utilise sa détermination et ses intrigues astucieuses pour s'infiltrer dans la maison des York sous l'apparence d'une amie et d'une servante loyale, afin d'anéantir les soutiens de Richard III. Ainsi, elle s'assure la couronne d'Angleterre pour son fils unique, Henri Tudor. Grâce à sa collaboration avec la reine douairière Élisabeth Woodville, Margaret convient de fiançailles entre Henri et la fille d'Élisabeth. Elles unissent alors les deux familles et mettent un terme une fois pour toutes à l'une des guerres les plus cruelles du royaume en fondant la célèbre dynastie des Tudors. Deux maisons qui s'entredéchirent. Le trône d'Angleterre est en jeu. La sanglante guerre des Deux-Roses a commencé. Philippa Gregory, autrice d'innombrables best-sellers, fait revivre les Plantagenêts à travers l'histoire oubliée de...

The White Queen Philippa Gregory

Autor: Philippa Gregory

Imagining Gender in Biographical Fiction

Autor: Julia Novak , Caitríona Ní Dhúill

Número de Páginas: 397

This volume addresses the current boom in biographical fictions across the globe, examining the ways in which gendered lives of the past become re-imagined as gendered narratives in fiction. Building on this research, this book is the first to address questions of gender in a sustained and systematic manner that is also sensitive to cultural and historical differences in both raw material and fictional reworking. It develops a critical lens through which to approach biofictions as ‘fictions of gender’, drawing on theories of biofiction and historical fiction, life-writing studies, feminist criticism, queer feminist readings, postcolonial studies, feminist art history, and trans studies. Attentive to various approaches to fictionalisation that reclaim, appropriate or re-invent their ‘raw material’, the volume assesses the critical, revisionist and deconstructive potential of biographical fictions while acknowledging the effects of cliché, gender norms and established narratives in many of the texts under investigation. The introduction of this book is available open access under a CC BY 4.0 license at link.springer.com Chapter 1 is available open access under a Creative...

La Sorcière de Sealsea

Autor: Philippa Gregory , Mathias Lefort

Número de Páginas: 501

« Un roman percutant qui met en lumière les difficultés des femmes au xviie siècle. » Daily Mirror Angleterre, 1648. Une époque périlleuse pour toute femme indépendante... À la veille du solstice d'été, l'Angleterre est déchirée par une guerre civile entre Charles 1er et le parlement insurgé. Cette lutte fait rage partout dans le royaume, et trouble même l'île de Sealsea, où vit Alinor. Descendant d'une famille de guérisseuses, la jeune femme est tous les jours confrontée à la pauvreté et aux superstitions. Un soir de pleine lune, elle rencontre James Summer, un noble catholique, qui a pour mission de sauver le roi. Très vite, tous deux tombent amoureux. Mais l'ambition et la détermination de la jeune femme la distinguent un peu trop de ses voisins. C'est l'ère de la chasse aux sorcières et Alinor, une femme sans mari, qui connaît les plantes et qui s'extirpe soudain de la misère grâce à James, s'attire la jalousie de ses rivaux et éveille l'effroi du village. Tout l'accuse... « Un récit sur la condition des femmes au xviie siècle... Les lecteurs vont se régaler. » Daily Express « Philippa Gregory raconte avec brio et ne déçoit jamais. Ce...

Philippa Gregory Box Set

Autor: Philippa Gregory

Número de Páginas: 464

Henry VIII and History

Autor: Thomas S. Freeman

Número de Páginas: 452

Henry VIII remains the most iconic and controversial of all English Kings. For over four-hundred years he has been lauded, reviled and mocked, but rarely ignored. In his many guises - model Renaissance prince, Defender of the Faith, rapacious plunderer of the Church, obese Bluebeard-- he has featured in numerous works of fact and faction, in books, magazines, paintings, theatre, film and television. Yet despite this perennial fascination with Henry the man and monarch, there has been little comprehensive exploration of his historiographic legacy. Therefore scholars will welcome this collection, which provides a systematic survey of Henry's reputation from his own age through to the present. Divided into three sections, the volume begins with an examination of Henry's reputation in the period between his death and the outbreak of the English Civil War, a time that was to create many of the tropes that would dominate his historical legacy. The second section deals with the further evolution of his reputation, from the Restoration to Edwardian era, a time when Catholic commentators and women writers began moving into the mainstream of English print culture. The final section covers...

Binge Reading Collection

Autor: Philippa Gregory

Un mundo sin fin (edición 10o aniversario) (Saga Los pilares de la Tierra 2)

Autor: Ken Follett

Número de Páginas: 1743

Veinte años después de la publicación de Los pilares de la Tierra, Ken Follett volvía al fascinante mundo de Kingsbridge para presentar a sus lectores un retrato admirable del mundo medieval y una magnífica saga épica que aporta una nueva dimensión a la ficción histórica. Esta nueva edición incluye un prefacio del autor con motivo del 10o aniversario de la publicación. La publicación de Los pilares de la Tierra supuso un acontecimiento editorial sin precedentes que cautivó a millones de lectores. En Un mundo sin fin Ken Follett vuelve al fascinante mundo de Kingsbridge dos siglos después de la construcción de su majestuoso templo gótico. La catedral y el priorato ocupan de nuevo el centro de una encrucijada de amor y de odio, orgullo y codicia. En un mundo en que defensores a ultranza de las viejas costumbres luchan con encono con las mentes más progresistas, la intriga y la tensión llegan rápidamente a límites insoportables con el devastador telón de fondo de la Peste Negra, que aniquiló a la mitad de la población europea. Intriga, asesinatos, hambruna, plagas y guerras. Un retrato admirable del mundo medieval y una novela extraordinaria que aporta una...

Les Fous de lumière - tome 1 Hortense

Autor: Dominique Marny

Número de Páginas: 294

Du Second Empire aux débuts de la IIIe République, une génération de peintres bouscule les traditions et le conformisme. Leur nom : Manet, Renoir, Monet, Degas... Deux jeunes femmes, Hortense, écrivain, et Gabrielle, peintre, vont inspirer et partager le combat de ces " fous de lumière ". Des ateliers parisiens aux bals musette de la Grenouillère, des coulisses de l'Opéra aux étés de Bougival, les amours naissent et les passions s'enchevêtrent. Bientôt, les tumultes de l'Histoire bouleverseront ces destins. Entrecroisant fiction et réalité, Les Fous de lumière ressuscite avec sensualité et vérité l'une des plus fabuleuses aventures picturales. Une chronique de l'impressionnisme qui est aussi le portrait de deux femmes éprises d'indépendance et de liberté, sur fond de Commune de Paris et de débuts de la République. Hortense , premier volume des Fous de lumière , couvre les années 1863 à 1874. Il peut être lu indépendamment du second tome, Gabrielle , qui mène le lecteur jusqu'à l'aube du nouveau siècle. Hortense et Gabrielle constituent une édition révisée des Fous de Lumière (Stock, 1991) et de Les Désirs et les Jours (Lattès, 1993).

The Woman's Historical Novel

Autor: D. Wallace

Número de Páginas: 282

The historical novel has been one of the most important forms of women's reading and writing in the twentieth century, yet it has been consistently under-rated and critically neglected. In the first major study of British women writers' use of the genre, Diana Wallace tracks its development across the century. She combines a comprehensive survey with detailed readings of key writers, including Naomi Mitchison, Georgette Heyer, Sylvia Townsend Warner, Margaret Irwin, Jean Plaidy, Mary Renault, Philippa Gregory and Pat Barker.

Philippa Gregory 3-Book Tudor Collection 2: The Queen’s Fool, The Virgin’s Lover, The Other Queen

Autor: Philippa Gregory

Número de Páginas: 1114

From the bestselling author of THE WHITE QUEEN, now a hit BBC TV production – the last three novels of her Tudor Court series: THE QUEEN’S FOOL, THE VIRGIN’S LOVER and THE OTHER QUEEN

The Past Is a Foreign Country – Revisited

Autor: David Lowenthal

Número de Páginas: 679

The past remains essential - and inescapable. A quarter-century after the publication of his classic account of man's attitudes to his past, David Lowenthal revisits how we celebrate, expunge, contest and domesticate the past to serve present needs. He shows how nostalgia and heritage now pervade every facet of public and popular culture. History embraces nature and the cosmos as well as humanity. The past is seen and touched and tasted and smelt as well as heard and read about. Empathy, re-enactment, memory and commemoration overwhelm traditional history. A unified past once certified by experts and reliant on written texts has become a fragmented, contested history forged by us all. New insights into history and memory, bias and objectivity, artefacts and monuments, identity and authenticity, and remorse and contrition, make this book once again the essential guide to the past that we inherit, reshape and bequeath to the future.

Writing Mary I

Autor: Valerie Schutte , Jessica S. Hower

Número de Páginas: 254

This book—along with its companion volume Mary I in Writing: Letters, Literature, and Representations—centers on representations of Queen Mary I in writing, broadly construed, and the process of writing that queen into literature and other textual sources. It spans an equally wide chronological and geographical scope, accounting for the years prior to her accession in July 1553 through the centuries that followed her death in November 1558 and for her reach across England, and into Ireland, Spain, Italy, Russia, and Africa. Its intent is to foreground words and language—written, spoken, and acted out—and, by extension, to draw out matters of and conversations about rhetoric, imagery, methodology, source base, genre, narrative, form, and more. Taken together, these volumes find in England’s first crowned queen regnant an incomparable opportunity to ask new questions and seek new answers that deepen our understanding of queenship, the early modern era, and modern popular culture.

Encyclopedia of Television Film Directors

Autor: Jerry Roberts

Número de Páginas: 863

From live productions of the 1950s like Requiem for a Heavyweight to big budget mini-series like Band of Brothers, long-form television programs have been helmed by some of the most creative and accomplished names in directing. Encyclopedia of Television Film Directors brings attention to the directors of these productions, citing every director of stand alone long-form television programs: made for TV movies, movie-length pilots, mini-series, and feature-length anthology programs, as well as drama, comedy, and musical specials of more than 60 minutes. Each of the nearly 2,000 entries provides a brief career sketch of the director, his or her notable works, awards, and a filmography. Many entries also provide brief discussions of key shows, movies, and other productions. Appendixes include Emmy Awards, DGA Awards, and other accolades, as well as a list of anthology programs. A much-needed reference that celebrates these often-neglected artists, Encyclopedia of Television Film Directors is an indispensable resource for anyone interested in the history of the medium.

Remembering Queens and Kings of Early Modern England and France

Autor: Estelle Paranque

Número de Páginas: 334

This collection examines the afterlives of early modern English and French rulers. Spanning five centuries of cultural memory, the volume offers case studies of how kings and queens were remembered, represented, and reincarnated in a wide range of sources, from contemporary pageants, plays, and visual art to twenty-first-century television, and from premodern fiction to manga and romance novels. With essays on well-known figures such as Elizabeth I and Marie Antoinette as well as lesser-known monarchs such as Francis II of France and Mary Tudor, Queen of France, Remembering Queens and Kings of Early Modern England and France brings together reflections on how rulers live on in collective memory.

Deux soeurs pour un roi

Autor: Philippa Gregory

Número de Páginas: 534

" Véracité des dialogues et souci du détail propulsent le lecteur jusque dans les appartements privés de Henri VIII. " The Times " Je serai sombre, française, à la mode et difficile ; vous serez douce, ouverte, anglaise et belle. Quelle paire nous formerons ! Quel homme pourra nous résister ? " Tels sont les premiers mots adressés par Anne Boleyn à sa sœur Marie quand elle la rejoint, en 1522, à la cour d'Angleterre. Introduite au palais de Westminster à 14 ans, Marie séduit Henri VIII, auquel elle donnera deux enfants. D'abord éblouie par le roi, elle comprend qu'elle sert d'appât au milieu des complots dynastiques. Quand l'intérêt du souverain pour elle s'émousse, Anne est chargée de le séduire à son tour... Désir, haine, ambitions, trahisons... Se déroulant sur quinze ans, cette fresque historique, racontée à la première personne par Marie Boleyn, dépeint les rivalités au sein de la dynastie des Tudors. Une histoire qui se terminera dans le sang...

Presenting History

Autor: Peter J. Beck

Número de Páginas: 357

Who reads academic histories? Should historians reach out more beyond academia to the general public? Why do Hollywood films, historical novels and television histories prove more successful in presenting the past to a wider audience? What can historians do to improve their effectiveness in reaching and engaging their target audience in a digital age? The way history is presented to an audience is often taken for granted, even ignored. Presenting History explores the vital role played by presenters in both establishing why history matters in today's world and communicating the past to audiences within and outside academia. Through case studies of leading historians, historical novelists, Hollywood filmmakers and television history presenters, this book looks critically at alternative literary and visual ways of presenting the past as both academic history and popular history. Historians discussed include Stephen Ambrose, Niall Ferguson, Eric Hobsbawm, Robert A. Rosenstone, Simon Schama, Joan Wallach Scott and A.J.P. Taylor. Chapter topics include Hollywood and history; Michael Bellesiles' controversial history of gun rights in the USA; Philippa Gregory's historical novels;...

Tudor and Stuart Consorts

Autor: Aidan Norrie , Carolyn Harris , J. L. Laynesmith , Danna R. Messer , Elena Woodacre

Número de Páginas: 383

This book examines the lives and tenures of all the consorts of the Tudor and Stuart monarchs of England between 1485 and 1714, as well as the wives of the two Lords Protector during the Commonwealth. The figures in Tudor and Stuart Consorts are both incredibly familiar—especially the six wives of Henry VIII—and exceedingly unfamiliar, such as George of Denmark, the husband of Queen Anne. These innovative and authoritative biographies recognise the important role consorts played in a period before constitutional monarchy: in addition to correcting popular assumptions that are based on limited historical evidence, the chapters provide a fuller picture of the role of consort that goes beyond discussions of exceptionalism and subversion. This volume and its companions reveal the changing nature of English consortship from the Norman Conquest to today.

Watch the Lady

Autor: Elizabeth Fremantle

Número de Páginas: 560

"Originally published in Great Britain in 2015 by Penguin Random House UK"--Title page verso.

How to Write

Autor: Philip Oltermann

Número de Páginas: 432

The Guardian's 2008 'How to Write' supplements were a huge success with wordsmiths of all stripes. Covering fiction, poetry, comedy, screenwriting, biography and journalism, they offered invaluable advice and bags of encouragement from a range of leading professionals, including Catherine Tate on writing memorable comedy characters, Robert Harris on penning bestelling fiction and Michael Rosen on constructing stories that will appeal to young people. This book draws together the material from those supplements and includes a full directory of useful addresses, from publishers and agents to professional societies and providers of bursaries. Whether you're looking to polish up your writing skills or you want to ensure that your manuscript finds its way into the right hands, How to Write will prove essential reading.

In Search of Us

Autor: Lucy Moore

Número de Páginas: 277

***A Waterstones Best Books of 2022 pick*** The story of the pioneering anthropologists and their adventures among civilisations that were first thought of as being primitive and savage. What they discovered, however, would change the way we think about ourselves. In the late nineteenth century, when non-European societies were seen as 'living fossils' offering an insight into how Western civilisation had evolved, anthropology was a thrilling new discipline which attracted the brightest minds of the academic world. But, by the middle of the twentieth century, colonialism was recognised as being inextricably linked to exploitation and outdated labels like 'savage' were inconceivable when so-called 'civilised' man had wreaked such devastation across two world wars. Focusing on twelve key European and American anthropologists working in the field, from Franz Boas on Baffin Island in the 1880s to Claude Lévi-Strauss in Brazil fifty years later, Lucy Moore explores the brief flowering of anthropology as a quasi-scientific area of study with all its insights and ambivalence. In Search of Us tells the story of the men and women whose observations of the 'other' would transform attitudes ...

To Throw Away Unopened

Autor: Viv Albertine

Número de Páginas: 346

SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARDS 2018 What was I fighting for? Even now I'm not sure. Something so old and so deep, it has no words, no shape, no logic. Every memoir is a battle between reality and invention - but in her follow up to Clothes, Music, Boys, Viv Albertine has reinvented the genre with her unflinching honesty. To Throw Away Unopened is a fearless dissection of one woman's obsession with the truth - the truth about family, power, and her identity as a rebel and outsider. It is a gaping wound of a book, both an exercise in blood-letting and psychological archaeology, excavating what lies beneath: the fear, the loneliness, the anger. It is a brutal expose of human dysfunctionality, the impossibility of true intimacy, and the damage wrought upon us by secrets and revelations, siblings and parents. Yet it is also a testament to how we can rebuild ourselves and come to face the world again. It is a portrait of the love stories that constitute a life, often bringing as much pain as joy. With the inimitable blend of humour, vulnerability, and intelligence that makes Viv Albertine one of our finest authors working today, To Throw Away Unopened smashes through...

National Medievalism in the Twenty-first Century

Autor: Matthias D. Berger

Número de Páginas: 271

How ideas and ideals of an imagined, protean, national Middle Ages have once again become a convergence point for anxieties about politics, history and cultural identity in our time - and why. After a period of abeyance, the link forged in the nineteenth century between the Middle Ages and national identity is increasingly being reclaimed, with numerous groups and individuals mining an imagined medieval past to present ideas and ideals of modern nationhood. Today's national medievalism asserts itself at the interface of culture and politics: in literature and television programming, in journalism and heritage tourism, and in the way political actors of various stripes use a deep past that supposedly proves the nation's steady exceptionalism in a hectic globalised world. This book traces these ongoing developments in Switzerland and Britain, two countries where the medieval past has recently been much invoked in negotiations of national identity, independence and Euroscepticism. Through comparative analysis, it explores examples of reemerging stories of national exceptionalism - stories that, ironically, echo those of other nations. The author analyses depictions of Robert the...

To Die For

Autor: Sandra Byrd

Número de Páginas: 354

While Meg Wyatt's favor in the court of Henry VIII rises and falls as her best friend's does, Meg's pledge of loyalty to Anne Boleyn may cause her lose her greatest love and her own life.

World-Making Renaissance Women

Autor: Pamela S. Hammons , Brandie R. Siegfried

Número de Páginas: 321

This collection affirms the shaping authority of early modern women in literature and culture, evident well beyond their own moment.

Contemporary Crime Fiction

Autor: Charlotte Beyer

Número de Páginas: 226

This unique and timely book presents nine compelling essays on contemporary crime fiction, bringing innovative and fresh perspectives to the analysis of this most popular and vibrant literary genre. Investigating contemporary crime fiction and the critical debates surrounding its reception and production, the introductory chapter sets the scene for the subsequent analyses of distinct crime fiction topics, themes and authors. The topics include the experimental detective narrative, race and ethnicity, historical crime fiction, domestic noir, feminism and crime, environmental crime, and the poetics of place. Authors examined here range from Ian Rankin, Gillian Flynn, Val McDermid, Denise Mina, Robert Galbraith, Nancy Bilyeau, and Martha Grimes, to Tana French, Dale Furutani, and J.G. Ballard, and more. Informed by the latest critical debates and theoretical perspectives in the field, this volume presents an invaluable source of information and criticism on crime fiction for students, researchers and academics alike.

Sisters of Treason

Autor: Elizabeth Fremantle

Número de Páginas: 480

From the author People called “a must-read for Philippa Gregory fans,” a “terrifically entertaining” (The Sunday Times, London) novel about two sisters who must survive life in the Tudor court after the execution of their sister Lady Jane Grey who was queen for just nine days. Early in Mary Tudor’s turbulent reign, Lady Catherine and Lady Mary Grey are reeling after the brutal death of their elder seventeen-year-old sister, and the succession is by no means stable. In Sisters of Treason, Elizabeth Fremantle brings these young women and their perilous times to vivid life. Neither sister is well suited to a dangerous career at court. Flirtatious Lady Catherine, thought to be the true heir, cannot control her compulsion to love and be loved. Her sister, clever Lady Mary, has a crooked spine and a tiny stature in an age when physical perfection equates to goodness—and both girls have inherited the Tudor blood that is more curse than blessing. For either girl to marry without royal permission would be a potentially fatal political act. It is the royal portrait painter, Levina Teerlinc, who helps the girls survive these troubled times. She becomes their mentor and...

Mid-Tudor Queenship and Memory

Autor: Valerie Schutte , Jessica S. Hower

Número de Páginas: 280

This book explores (mis)representations of two female claimants to the Tudor throne, Lady Jane Grey and Mary I of England. It places Jane's attempted accession and Mary I's successful accession and reign in comparative perspective, and illustrates how the two are fundamentally linked to one another, and to broader questions of female kingship, precedent, and legitimacy. Through ten original essays, this book considers the nature and meaning of mid-Tudor queenship as it took shape, functioned, and was construed in the sixteenth century as well as its memory down to the twenty-first, in literary, musical, artistic, theatrical, and other cultural forms. Offering unique comparative insights into Jane and Mary, this volume is a key resource for researchers and students interested in the Tudor period, queenship, and historical memory.

A Woman of Power in Tudor England

Autor: Pasquale De Marco

Número de Páginas: 147

**A Woman of Power in Tudor England** tells the story of Anne Boleyn, one of the most fascinating and tragic figures in English history. Anne was a woman of great strength and courage, and her story is one that continues to inspire people today. Anne was born in 1501 to a wealthy and influential family. She was a beautiful and intelligent young woman, and she quickly caught the eye of King Henry VIII. Henry was married to Catherine of Aragon at the time, but he was infatuated with Anne and determined to make her his wife. In 1533, Henry finally divorced Catherine and married Anne. Anne was now Queen of England, but her reign was short-lived. She failed to produce a male heir, and Henry soon grew tired of her. In 1536, Anne was accused of treason and executed. Anne's death was a tragedy, but it also had a profound impact on English history. Her execution marked the beginning of the English Reformation, and it led to the establishment of the Anglican Church. Anne Boleyn was a complex and controversial figure, but she was also a woman of great strength and courage. Her story is one that continues to fascinate and inspire people to this day. **A Woman of Power in Tudor England** is a...

(Re)Writing War in Contemporary Literature and Culture

Autor: Cristina Pividori , David Owen

Número de Páginas: 313

(Re)Writing War in Contemporary Literature and Culture: Beyond Post-Memory is an exploration of war narratives through the lens of postmemory, offering a critical re-evaluation of how contemporary literature and cultural products reshape our understanding of past conflicts. This volume presents a rich tapestry of perspectives, drawing from an array of conflicts and incorporating insights from international experts across various disciplines, including contemporary literature, film studies, visual arts, and cultural studies. It critically builds upon and extends Marianne Hirsch's concept of postmemory, engaging with complex themes like the ethical dimensions of war writing, the authenticity of representations, and the creative power of art in reimagining traumatic events. This study not only challenges traditional boundaries in war literature and memory studies but also resonates with contemporary concerns about societal engagement with violent pasts, making it a significant addition to scholarly discourse and essential reading for those interested in the intersection of history, memory, and literature.

Apparent Heirs

Autor: Sandy Burgess

Número de Páginas: 356

APPARENT HEIRS Lady Catherine Gordon was born to George Gordon, 2nd Earl of Huntly and his Countess Elizabeth Hay. He was the High Chancellor of Scotland, and with that title and position, came influence. That influence served the family well, as her cousin, King James IV of Scotland needed to ally himself with a claimant to the throne of England. In this story, Lady Catherine has arrived at a time of matched marriages, dowries, forged political ties, alliances, and anticipated heirs. She finds herself on the cusp of royal title, wealth, and political elevation, only to end up seemingly lost in the annals of history. Was her betrothed truly one of the lost `Princes in the Tower' - Richard of Shrewsbury or was he indeed a pretender dubbed `Perkin Warbeck' by King Henry VII? Travel back in time and discover the perils of a Scottish lass who sought to live, love, and leave her mark on the world. This is a tale of courage, faith, and the strength of one woman and her family.

Constructing Methodology for Qualitative Research

Autor: Bobby Harreveld , Mike Danaher , Celeste Lawson , Bruce Allen Knight , Gillian Busch

Número de Páginas: 281

This book explores the webs of vulnerability in methodological decision-making that illustrate the deceptive strength of qualitative research. Each chapter will resonate with readers differently as they read themselves into the tensions and tangles of qualitative research when confronted with the challenges of establishing methodological frameworks for educational and social enquiry. The authors are postgraduate, early career researchers and supervisors who analyse their methodological encounters with the nimble, fluid, messy and iterative processes of qualitative research. The book flows structurally from positioning the researcher within these processes to the manoeuvring of self across necessarily selective social science disciplines in education, arts and humanities. It rejuvenates the pioneering spirit, the sense of mission and innovativeness of qualitative research.

Antoinette's Sister

Autor: Diana Giovinazzo

Número de Páginas: 363

As Marie Antoinette took her last breath as Queen of France in Paris, another formidable monarch—Antoinette’s dearly beloved sister, Charlotte—was hundreds of miles away, in Naples, fighting desperately to secure her release from the revolutionaries who would take her life. Little did Charlotte know, however, that her sister’s execution would change the course of history—and bring about the end of her own empire. A Pennie's Pick book club selection. “You are the queen. You are the queen that Antoinette wanted to be.” Austria 1767: Maria Carolina Charlotte—tenth daughter and one of sixteen children of Empress Maria Theresa of Austria—knows her position as a Habsburg archduchess will inevitably force her to leave her home, her family, and her cherished sister, Antoinette, whose companionship she values over all else. But not yet. The Habsburg family is celebrating a great triumph: Charlotte’s older sister, Josepha, has been promised to King Ferdinand IV of Naples and will soon take her place as queen. Before she can journey to her new home, however, tragedy strikes. After visiting the family crypt, Josepha contracts smallpox and dies. Shocked, Charlotte is forced ...

The Female Figure in Contemporary Historical Fiction

Autor: K. Cooper , E. Short

Número de Páginas: 251

From The Other Boleyn Girl to Fingersmith , this collection explores the popularity of female-centred historical novels in recent years. It asks how these representations are influenced by contemporary gender politics, and whether they can be seen as part of a wider feminist project to recover women's history.

Public History

Autor: Faye Sayer

Número de Páginas: 401

The 2nd edition of Public History: A Practical Guide provides a fresh examination of history as practiced in its various worldly guises and contexts. It analyses the many skills that historians require in the practice of public history and looks at how a range of actors, including museums, archives, government agencies, community history societies and the media/digital media, make history accessible to a wider audience in a variety of ways. Faye Sayer's exciting new edition includes: * Brand new chapters on 'Restoration and Preservation' and history and the working world * Substantial additions covering the growing fields of digital history and history in politics * More images, figures and international case studies from the US, Australia, the UK, Europe and Asia * 'Personal Reflection' sections from a range of industry experts from around the world * Historiographical updates and significant revisions throughout the text * Expanded online 'Public History Toolkit' resource, with a range of new features Public History: A Practical Guide delivers a comprehensive outline of this increasingly prevalent area of the discipline, offering a distinctly global approach that is both...