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Bess of Hardwick : empire builder / Mary S. Lovell.
LIBRA Special DA358.S4 L68 2006
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lovell, Mary S.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Shrewsbury, Elizabeth Hardwick Talbot, Countess of, 1527?-1608.
- Shrewsbury, Elizabeth Hardwick Talbot.
- Countesses--Great Britain--Biography.
- Countesses.
- Women landowners.
- Great Britain--History--Elizabeth, 1558-1603--Biography.
- Great Britain.
- History.
- Women landowners--Great Britain--Biography.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- History.
- Penn Provenance:
- Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- xx, 555 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), portraits (chiefly color) ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- First American edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Norton, 2006.
- Summary:
- Chronicles the life of Bess Hardwick, the fifth daughter of an impoverished Derbyshire nobleman who rose from her meager beginnings to become one of the wealthiest and most powerful women in English history.
- Contents:
- Merrie England 1520-40
- Child bride, child widow 1540-7
- Lady Cavendish 1547
- Family matters 1547-51
- Dangerous times 1552-6
- 'Your poor friend' 1556-8
- Sir William St Loe 1518-58
- 'My own sweet Bess' 1559-61
- Lady St Loe in trouble 1561-5
- A very eligible widow 1565-9
- A difficult guest 1569-73
- A dangerous match 1574-5
- Raising Arbella 1576-8
- Enough to alienate the heart 1578-81
- Discord 1582-4
- No winners 1585-6
- Death of a queen 1586-90
- The Dowager Countess 1590-2
- More window than wall 1592-9
- 'In perfect health and good memory' 1600-02
- Sharper than a serpent's tooth 1602-03
- End of an era 1603-08
- A long arm ... 1608 et seq.
- Appendices : Discussion of Bess of Hardwick's date of birth ; The Office of Wards ; Sir William Cavendish's statement to the Star Chamber, August 1557 ; What happened to Bess's children and grandchildren ; Extract from tree showing the relationship between the Brandons and the Hardwicks ; The stepchildren of Bess of Hardwick
- Family tree : selective tree showing the heirs of Henry VII.
- Notes:
- Originally published as Bess of Hardwick : first lady of Chatsworth, 1527-1608, London : Little, Brown, 2005.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 529-535) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Gotham Book Mart Collection copy has dustjacket retained.
- ISBN:
- 039306221X
- 9780393062212
- OCLC:
- 62161139
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