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Devices and Desires: Bess of Hardwick and the Building of Elizabethan England
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‘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 years. Through canny choices, four husbands and a will of steel she rose from country squire’s daughter to Dowager Countess, establishing herself as one of the richest and most powerful women in England, second only to Queen Elizabeth.Bess forged her way not merely by judicious marriage, but by shrewd exploitation of whatever assets each marriage brought. Wealth took concrete form in her passion for building and she oversaw every stage of the construction of her four houses including Hardwick New Hall, her sole surviving building, which stands as a celebration of one woman’s triumphant progress through Elizabethan England.‘A dynamic portrait of Bess’s life…’ BBC History Magazine
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| Weight | 0.32 kg |
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| Dimensions | 2.4 × 13 × 19.8 cm |
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| Format | Paperback |
| Language | |
| Pages | 400 |
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| Year Published | 2019-11-7 |
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| Publication City/Country | London, United Kingdom |
| ISBN 10 | 0099590220 |
| About The Author | Kate Hubbard has worked variously as a researcher, teacher, publisher's reader, freelance editor and book reviewer. She currently works for the Royal Literary Fund as a Royal Literary Fellow. Her most recent book, Serving Victoria: Life in the Royal Household, was shortlisted for the Costa Biography Award. Kate divides her time between London and Dorset. Her interest in Bess of Hardwick began with her love for Bess’s only surviving house, Hardwick Hall. |
It's high time for a new biography of this extraordinary woman, who was a cross between Chaucer's Wife of Bath and Thackeray's Becky Sharp… Devices and Desires is fluently written and full of vivid colour and detail… This book will take its place rightly as the definitive biography of Bess of Hardwick |
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| Other text | Part biography and part building history, considering along the way the erection of Elizabethan prodigy houses, such as Longleat, Theobalds, Wollaton, and, above all, Bess's Hardwick New Hall. It is in here that we can still see Bess's wit, ambition, creativity and vast wealth… Meticulous… A work of considerable scholarship |
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