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Devices and Desires - Bess of Hardwick and the Building of Elizabethan England by Kate Hubbard
Category: History
'The definitive biography' Roy StrongThe remarkable story of Bess of Hardwick, her ascent through Elizabethan society and the houses she built that shaped British architectural history.Born in 1521, Bess of Hardwick, businesswoman, money-lender and property tycoon, lived an astonishing eighty-seven year ...Show more
Devices and Desires - Bess of Hardwick and the Building of Elizabethan England by Kate Hubbard
Category: History
The critically acclaimed author of Serving Victoria brilliantly illuminates the life of the little-known Bess of Hardwick--next to Queen Elizabeth I, the richest and most powerful woman in sixteenth-century England.Aided by a quartet of judicious marriages and a shrewd head for business, Bess of Hardwic ...Show more
Devices and Desires - Bess of Hardwick and the Building of Elizabethan England by Kate Hubbard
Category: History
The critically acclaimed author of Serving Victoria brilliantly illuminates the life of the little-known Bess of Hardwick--next to Queen Elizabeth I, the richest and most powerful woman in sixteenth-century England. Aided by a quartet of judicious marriages and a shrewd head for business, Bess of Hardw ...Show more
Rubies In The Snow by Kate Hubbard
Category: Young Adult Fiction
'Today is my birthday. I'm ten. It's also the first day of this diary, a present from Papa and Mama . . .' It is June, 1911. Ten year-old Anastasia is, in many respects, an ordinary sort of girl. But she has been born into the Romanov family, who have ruled Russia for centuries - a family whose world is ...Show more
Serving Victoria Life in the Royal Household by Kate Hubbard
Category: Biography and Memoir
'Your first duty is to God; your second to your Sovereign; your third to yourself'. During the sixty-odd years of her reign Queen Victoria gathered around her a household dedicated to her service. For some, royal service was the defining experience of their lives, for others it came as an unwelcome duty ...Show more
Serving Victoria: Life in the Royal Household by Kate Hubbard
Category: History
During the sixty-odd years of her reign, Queen Victoria gathered around her a household dedicated to her service. By following the lives of six members of her household - from governess to maid-of-honour, chaplain to personal physician - Serving Victoria offers a unique insight into the Victorian court ...Show more
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