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28 produkter
Living in Squares, Loving in Triangles
The Lives and Loves of Viginia Woolf and the Bloomsbury Group
Av Amy Licence
Häftad, 2016
153 kr
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Sisters Vanessa Bell and Virginia Woolf have long been celebrated for their central roles in the development of modernism in art and literature. Vanessa’s experimental work places her at the vanguard of early twentieth-century art, as does her role in helping introduce many key names – Cézanne, …
Red Roses
Blanche of Gaunt to Margaret Beaufort
Av Amy Licence
Häftad, 2017
179 kr
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The Wars of the Roses were not just fought by men on the battlefield. Behind the scenes, there were daughters, wives, mistresses, mothers and queens whose lives and influences helped shape the most dramatic of English conflicts.This book traces the story of women on the Lancastrian side, from the …
Lost Kings
Lancaster, York and Tudor
Av Amy Licence
Häftad, 2019
246 kr
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The century spanning the wars of the roses and the reigns of the Tudor kings was a volatile time of battle and bloodshed, execution and unexpected illness. Life could be nasty, brutish and short. Some met their end in battle, others were dragged to the block, losing everything for daring to aspire …
Philip II
The King, the Man, the Marriages
Av Amy Licence
Inbunden, 2026
331 kr
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Philip of Spain is known in England primarily as the husband of Mary I and the adversary of Elizabeth I. The Spanish Armada hangs about his neck like an albatross. He is defined by his brief marriage, his lack of Englishness, his Catholicism, his otherness, and all the additional layers of …
1520: The Field of the Cloth of Gold
Av Amy Licence
Inbunden, 2020
196 kr
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1520 explores the characters of two larger-than-life kings, whose rivalry and love-hate relations added a feisty edge to European relations in the early sixteenth century. What propelled them to meet, and how did each vie to outdo the other in feats of strength and yards of gold cloth? Everyone who …
1520: The Field of the Cloth of Gold
Av Amy Licence
Häftad, 2023
123 kr
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1520 explores the characters of two larger-than-life kings, whose rivalry and love-hate relations added a feisty edge to European relations in the early sixteenth century. What propelled them to meet, and how did each vie to outdo the other in feats of strength and yards of gold cloth? Everyone who …
Tudor Roses
From Margaret Beaufort to Elizabeth I
Av Amy Licence
Häftad, 2023
171 kr
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A dynasty is defined by its men: by their personalities, their wars and reigns, their laws and decisions. Their mothers, wives, sisters and daughters are often depicted as mere foils, shadowy figures whose value lies in the inheritance they brought, or the children they produced. Yet the Tudor …
Henry VIII's Controversial Aunt, Honor Lisle
Her Life, Letters and influence on The Tudor Court
Av Amy Licence
Inbunden, 2025
288 kr
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The life of Honor, Lady Lisle, follows a dizzying narrative arc. Born into a West Country family, her second marriage propelled her into Anne Boleyn's court, as the new step-aunt to Henry VIII. Her husband, Arthur, was the illegitimate son of Edward IV, bearing the dangerous surname Plantagenet, …
Henry VI and Margaret of Anjou
A Marriage of Unequals
Av Amy Licence
Häftad, 2026
172 kr
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He became king before his first birthday, inheriting a vast empire from his military hero father; she was the daughter of a king without power, who made an unexpected marriage at the age of fifteen. Almost completely opposite in character, together they formed an unlikely but complimentary …
Sixteenth Century in 100 Women
Av Amy Licence
Inbunden, 2023
280 kr
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This retelling of the sixteenth century introduces the reader to a gallery of amazing women, from queens to commoners, who navigated the patriarchal world in memorable and life-changing ways. Amy Licence has scoured the records from Europe and beyond to compile this testament to female lives and …
Sixteenth Century in 100 Women
Av Amy Licence
E-bok, 2023
149 kr
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"Mini-biographies of women from every walk of life and every corner of the globe . . . an informative, refreshing, and unique approach to the 16th century." —Adventures of a Tudor NerdThis retelling of the sixteenth century introduces the reader to a gallery of amazing women from queens to …
Sixteenth Century in 100 Women
Av Amy Licence
Häftad, 2025
192 kr
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This retelling of the sixteenth century introduces the reader to a gallery of amazing women, from queens to commoners, who navigated the patriarchal world in memorable and life-changing ways. Amy Licence has scoured the records from Europe and beyond to compile this testament to female lives and …
In Bed with the Tudors
The Sex Lives of a Dynasty from Elizabeth of York to Elizabeth I
Av Amy Licence
Häftad, 2013
138 kr
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Learn what went on behind closed doors in the Tudor court. Illegitimate children, adulterous queens, impotent kings, and a whole dynasty resting on their shoulders. Sex and childbirth were quite literally a matter of life or death for the Tudors - Elizabeth of York died in childbirth, two of Henry …
Elizabeth of York
The Forgotten Tudor Queen
Av Amy Licence
Häftad, 2014
142 kr
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As Tudors go, Elizabeth of York is relatively unknown. Yet she was the mother of the dynasty, with her children becoming King of England (Henry VIII) and Queens of Scotland (Margaret) and France (Mary Rose) and her direct descendants included three Tudor monarchs, two executed queens and, …
Cecily Neville
Mother of Kings
Av Amy Licence
Häftad, 2015
4,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
150 kr
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Known to be proud, regal and beautiful, Cecily Neville was born in the year of the great English victory at Agincourt and survived long enough to witness the arrival of the future Henry VIII, her great-grandson. Her life spanned most of the fifteenth century. Cecily’s marriage to Richard, Duke of …
Edward IV & Elizabeth Woodville
A True Romance
Av Amy Licence
Häftad, 2016
146 kr
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When the tall, athletic Edward of York seized the English throne in 1461, he could have chosen any bride he wanted. With his dazzling good looks, few were able to resist his charm and promises. For three years he had a succession of mistresses, while foreign princesses were lined up to be …
The Tudors Between the Sheets
The Sex Lives of England's Greatest Dynasty
Av Amy Licence
Häftad, 2030
167 kr
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A brilliant account of what went on behind closed doors in the Tudor court. Illegitimate children, adulterous queens, impotent kings, and a whole dynasty resting on their shoulders. Amy Licence's first book In Bed with the Tudors broke new ground by showing the centrality of sex and childbearing in …
Bohemian Lives
Three Extraordinary Women: Ida Nettleship, Sophie Brzeska and Fernande Olivier
Av Amy Licence
Häftad, 2019
120 kr
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Ida Nettleship was a flamboyant Bohemian who gave up a promising artistic career to marry Augustus John. She had five pregnancies in just six years, lived with Augustus and his mistress in a ménage à trois, and died exhausted in childbirth aged thirty. Ida’s story of unconventional love is equalled …
Troubled Queen
A gripping saga set in the Anne Boleyn era
Av Amy Licence
Häftad, 2022
223 kr
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Woodsmoke and Sage
The Five Senses 1485-1603: How the Tudors Experienced the World
Av Amy Licence
Häftad, 2023
198 kr
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Traditionally history is cerebral: what did they believe, what did they think, what did they know?Woodsmoke and Sage is not a traditional book. Using the five senses, historian Amy Licence presents a new perspective on the material culture of the past, exploring the Tudors’ relationship with the …
Philip II
The King, the Man, the Marriages
Av Amy Licence
E-bok, 2026
197 kr
Kommande
Philip of Spain is known in England primarily as the husband of Mary I and the adversary of Elizabeth I. The Spanish Armada hangs about his neck like an albatross. He is defined by his brief marriage, his lack of Englishness, his Catholicism, his otherness, and all the additional layers of …
Tudor Roses
From Margaret Beaufort to Elizabeth I
Av Amy Licence
Inbunden, 2022
272 kr
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A dynasty is defined by its men: by their personalities, their wars and reigns, their laws and decisions. Their mothers, wives, sisters and daughters are often depicted as mere foils, shadowy figures whose value lies in the inheritance they brought, or the children they produced. Yet the Tudor …
Anne Boleyn
Adultery, Heresy, Desire
Av Amy Licence
Häftad, 2018
209 kr
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Anne Boleyn’s unconventional beauty inspired poets - and she so entranced Henry VIII with her wit, allure and style that he was prepared to set aside his wife of over twenty years and risk his immortal soul. Her sister had already been the king’s mistress, but the other Boleyn girl followed a …
