A History of Mistresses
Author | : Elizabeth Abbott |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Academic |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2010 |
ISBN-10 | : 0715639463 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780715639467 |
Rating | : 4/5 (63 Downloads) |
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Author | : Elizabeth Abbott |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Academic |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2010 |
ISBN-10 | : 0715639463 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780715639467 |
Rating | : 4/5 (63 Downloads) |
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Author | : Elizabeth C Goldsmith |
Publisher | : PublicAffairs |
Total Pages | : 290 |
Release | : 2012-04-03 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781586488901 |
ISBN-13 | : 1586488902 |
Rating | : 4/5 (01 Downloads) |
The Mancini Sisters, Marie and Hortense, were born in Rome, brought to the court of Louis XIV of France, and strategically married off by their uncle, Cardinal Mazarin, to secure his political power base. Such was the life of many young women of the age: they had no independent status under the law and were entirely a part of their husband's property once married. Marie and Hortense, however, had other ambitions in mind altogether. Miserable in their marriages and determined to live independently, they abandoned their husbands in secret and began lives of extraordinary daring on the run and in the public eye. The beguiling sisters quickly won the affections of noblemen and kings alike. Their flight became popular fodder for salon conversation and tabloids, and was closely followed by seventeenth-century European society. The Countess of Grignan remarked that they were traveling "like two heroines out of a novel." Others gossiped that they "were roaming the countryside in pursuit of wandering lovers. "Their scandalous behavior -- disguising themselves as men, gambling, and publicly disputing with their husbands -- served as more than just entertainment. It sparked discussions across Europe concerning the legal rights of husbands over their wives. Elizabeth Goldsmith's vibrant biography of the Mancini sisters -- drawn from personal papers of the players involved and the tabloids of the time -- illuminates the lives of two pioneering free spirits who were feminists long before the word existed.
Author | : Suzanne Morris |
Publisher | : Open Road Media |
Total Pages | : 997 |
Release | : 2016-01-12 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781504028974 |
ISBN-13 | : 150402897X |
Rating | : 4/5 (74 Downloads) |
A dynastic tale of two families—the Gerrards and Leiders—as seen through the eyes of four women whose lives are bound by blood and friendship, and interwoven with the destiny of Houston, Texas, for over 70 years.
Author | : Rozsika Parker |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages | : 253 |
Release | : 2020-10-01 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781350149182 |
ISBN-13 | : 1350149187 |
Rating | : 4/5 (82 Downloads) |
Why is everything that compromises greatness in art coded as 'feminine'? Has the feminist critique of Art History yet effected real change? With a new preface by Griselda Pollock, this edition of a truly groundbreaking book offers a radical challenge to a women-free Art History. Parker and Pollock's critique of Art History's sexism leads to expanded, inclusive readings of the art of the past. They demonstrate how the changing historical social realities of gender relations and women artists' translation of gendered conditions into their works provide keys to novel understandings of why we might study the art of the past. They go further to show how such knowledge enables us to understand art by contemporary artists who are women and can contribute to the changing self-perception and creative work of artists today. In March 2020 Griselda Pollock was awarded the Holberg Prize in recognition of her outstanding contribution to research and her influence on thinking on gender, ideology, art and visual culture worldwide for over 40 years. Old Mistresses was her first major scholarly publication which has become a classic work of feminist art history.
Author | : Philippe Tapon |
Publisher | : Plume Books |
Total Pages | : 196 |
Release | : 2000-01-21 |
ISBN-10 | : 0452280583 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780452280588 |
Rating | : 4/5 (83 Downloads) |
Set in Nazi-occupied Paris during World War II, The Mistress is an enthralling tale of jealousy, love, betrayal, and one woman's cunning revenge. The characters -- Dr. Emile Bastien, a physician who treats Parisians and Germans alike from his office on rue de Maubeuge; Simone, his nurse and illicit lover; and Bastien's sour wife and two scheming children, tucked away on a French country estate -- all share a deep and suspicious desire. As Bastien's mistress, Simone knows all of his most dangerous secrets -- except the one that he and his family are trying desperately to keep from her. But clever Simone, always one step ahead, manages to conceal her greed while weaving a web of deception that will ensnare those who have turned against her and ensure her singular reward. The Mistress is darkly atmospheric and erotically charged -- a tour-de-force with stunning twists and turns that will haunt readers long after its secrets have been revealed.
Author | : Philippa Gregory |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 678 |
Release | : 2008-01-22 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781416560609 |
ISBN-13 | : 1416560602 |
Rating | : 4/5 (09 Downloads) |
The daughters of a ruthlessly ambitious family, Mary and Anne Boleyn are sent to the court of Henry VIII to attract the attention of the king, who first takes Mary as his mistress, in which role she bears him an illegitimate son, and then Anne as his wife. Reprint. 250,000 first printing. (A Columbia Pictures film, written by Peter Morgan, directed by Justin Chadwick, releasing Fall 2007, starring Natalie Portman, Scarlett Johansson, Eric Bana, and others) (Historical Fiction)
Author | : Tracy Anne Warren |
Publisher | : Ballantine Books |
Total Pages | : 370 |
Release | : 2007-12-26 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780345504920 |
ISBN-13 | : 0345504925 |
Rating | : 4/5 (20 Downloads) |
The game of love just got a little hotter. Vivacious Gabriella St. George is penniless yet proud. Thanks to the benevolence of a generous relative, she gets a chance for a new life in London, never dreaming that it will entangle her in a sensual battle of wills with an irresistible rogue who doesn’t believe in love. With one scorching caress, Anthony Black invites Gabriella to share his bed. But she wants his heart and his name, so the determined beauty embarks on a daring game of seduction to win both. Firmly committed to the pleasures of bachelorhood, Tony Black, Duke of Wyvern, has no intention of offering to any woman more than shared moments of erotic delight. But Gabriella tests his mettle, undermines his resolve, and cracks the ice around his heart with each sweet smile, teasing glance, and rapturous kiss. Suddenly a man who relishes only carnal pleasure must confront the unexpected: a passion that may lead to everlasting love.
Author | : Arthur Golden |
Publisher | : Longman |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2008 |
ISBN-10 | : 1405882670 |
ISBN-13 | : 9781405882675 |
Rating | : 4/5 (70 Downloads) |
"Captivating, minutely imagined . . . a novel that refuses to stay shut" ("Newsweek"), "Memoirs of a Geisha" is now released in a movie tie-in edition.
Author | : Irma Hunt |
Publisher | : McGraw-Hill Companies |
Total Pages | : 308 |
Release | : 1978 |
ISBN-10 | : UCAL:B3179451 |
ISBN-13 | : |
Rating | : 4/5 (51 Downloads) |
Author | : Linda Porter |
Publisher | : Picador |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2021-04-15 |
ISBN-10 | : 150987707X |
ISBN-13 | : 9781509877072 |
Rating | : 4/5 (7X Downloads) |
According to the great diarist, John Evelyn, Charles II was 'addicted to women', and throughout his long reign a great many succumbed to his charms. Clever, urbane and handsome, Charles presided over a hedonistic court, in which licence and licentiousness prevailed.Mistresses is the story of the women who shared Charles's bed, each of whom wielded influence on both the politics and cultural life of the country. From the young king-in-exile's first mistress and mother to his first child, Lucy Walter, to the promiscuous and ill-tempered courtier, Barbara Villiers. From Frances Teresa Stuart, 'the prettiest girl in the world' to history's most famous orange-seller, 'pretty, witty' Nell Gwynn and to her fellow-actress, Moll Davis, who bore the last of the king's fifteen illegitimate children. From Louise de Kéroualle, the French aristocrat - and spy for Louis XIV - to the sexually ambiguous Hortense Mancini. Here, too, is the forlorn and humiliated Queen Catherine, the Portuguese princess who was Charles's childless queen. Drawing on a wide variety of original sources, including material in private archives, Linda Porter paints a vivid picture of these women and of Restoration England, an era that was both glamorous and sordid.