Queenship and Political Discourse in the Elizabethan Realms
This book re-evaluates the nature of Elizabethan politics and Elizabeth's queenship in late sixteenth-century England, Wales and Ireland. Natalie Mears shows that Elizabeth took an active role in policy-making and suggests that Elizabethan politic...
The Cambridge Companion to the Pre-Raphaelites
The group of young painters and writers who coalesced into the Pre-Raphaelite movement in the middle years of the nineteenth century became hugely influential in the development not only of literature and painting, but also more generally of art a...
Elizabeth
'The best account in English of the early years of Elizabeth' Evening Standard A woman in a man's world, Queen Elizabeth I was to become England's most successful ruler. Confident in her destiny, intensely intelligent, passionately sexual yet (she...
Elizabeth
Elizabeth Wydeville, Queen consort to Edward IV, has traditionally been portrayed as a scheming opportunist. As this extraordinary biography shows, the first queen to bear the name Elizabeth lived a tragedy, love, and loss that no other queen has ...
Elizabeth
Sarah Bradford's Elizabeth is the definitive biography of the Queen, revealing the real woman behind the public figure The Queen lived through nearly a century of immense change and upheaval. Her own family experiences, a mixture of happi...
Elizabeth
Fully revised and updated. Queen Elizabeth II was the longest-serving monarch in British history, with a reign even longer than Queen Victoria. Her extraordinary life is expertly portrayed by Jennie Bond, former BBC royal correspondent, in this magnificent visually led biography. On February 6, 1952, Princess Elizabeth, Duchess of Edinburgh, became Queen on the death of her father, King George VI. The reign that was to see major changes both in the country and Commonwealth and in the role of the monarchy began far away from Britain in a game reserve in Kenya. Elizabeth: A Celebration in Photographs, looks at this remarkable period in the history of Britain's monarchy in lavish and fascinating detail, featuring over 250 photographs. Constantly under scrutiny the entire time she was on the throne, this book presents a balanced and absorbing account of the Queen's life and of her role as the head of state in a country and a world that have changed almost beyond recognition in the seventy
Elizabeth
Elizabeth Taylor is known internationally as one of the most beautiful and talented women ever to grace the silver screen. She has won two Academy Awards and starred in over sixty films. She is just as well known for her tempestuous personal life,...
Elizabeth
THE NO 1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER A personal account of the life and character of Britain's longest-reigning monarch, from the writer who knew her family best 'Compelling . . . Fascinating' DAILY MAIL 'The writer who got closest to the human truth ...
Elizabeth
A definitive portrait of one of the most compelling monarchs England has ever had: Elizabeth I. 'We are a prince from a line of princes.' Lisa Hilton's majestic biography of Elizabeth I, 'The Virgin Queen', uses new research to present a fresh int...
Beauty and Art
What do we mean when we call a work of art `beautiful`? How have artists responded to changing notions of the beautiful? Which works of art have been called beautiful, and why? Fundamental and intriguing questions to artists and art lovers, but on...
Modern Painters, Old Masters
With the rise of museums in the 19th century, including the formation in 1824 of the National Gallery in London, as well as the proliferation of widely available published reproductions, the art of the past became visible and accessible in Victori...
Elizabeth, the Queen
Elizabeth the Queen begins as the young Elizabeth ascends the throne in the wake of her sister Mary's disastrous reign - both a woman and a queen, Elizabeth's story is an extraordinary phenomenon in a patriarchal age. From Elizabeth's intriguing, ...
Elisabeth
Elisabeth Kaiserin wider Willen
Elizabeth Taylor
The first authorised biography of eternal legend Elizabeth Taylor. Known for her glamorous beauty, soap-opera personal life and magnetic screen presence, Elizabeth Taylor was the twentieth centurys most famous film star. Including unseen photograp...
Elizabeth I
Elizabeth I
Elizabeth Bathory
Was Elizabeth Bathory a Monster?Read this book for FREE on Kindle Unlimited - Order Now Do you know the story of the Countess? Were you fascinated by Lady Gaga's recent depiction of Elizabeth Bathory in 'American Horror Story'? Would you like to know more about this controversial historical figure? If so, Countess Elizabeth Bathory: The Life and Legacy of History's Most Prolific Female Serial Killer is the book for you. It explains the life and times of this powerful woman - and how she came to be accuses of so many heinous crimes. You'll gain access to a variety of historical versions, perspectives, and accounts of her life - some of which paint her as a villain-and others as a victim Countess Elizabeth Bathory: The Life and Legacy of History's Most Prolific Female Serial Killer is available for Download Now.Was Elizabeth a victim of her family's abuse - and her husband? Can her foul acts be explained by the horrors she witnessed as a girl and experienced as a teenager? No one can
Elizabeth Bowen
Elizabeth Bowen
Elizabeth Wiskemann
Elizabeth Wiskemann
Elizabeth Boleyn
'Elizabeth Boleyn, so nice to finally meet you!' - Claire Martin, author of Heirs of Ambition Elizabeth Boleyn has been overlooked for centuries. She is remembered only as a wife and mother, despite her illustrious court career that started long b...
Forever Elizabeth
"...I was pretty sure I had seen it all and would not find anything new in the book. I am delighted to report I was wrong." - Marion Fasel, The Adventurine "...a combination of excellent photographic professionalism and the infinite...
Elizabeth Gaskell
This pioneering study, described as 'a model of feminist criticism' (The Year's Work in English Studies) on first publication, revealed Gaskell as an important social analyst who deliberately challenged the Victorian disjunction between public and...
Elizabeth Bishop
Elizabeth Bishop dedicated her poetry to telling 'what really happened'. Yet what really happened in the life on one of the twentieth century's finest and most beloved American poets has eluded readers for years. In this first full biography, Bret...
Elizabeth Catlett
A book highlighting the work of pioneering Black printmaker, sculptor, and activist Elizabeth Catlett. ¿¿ Accomplished printmaker and sculptor, avowed feminist, and lifelong activist Elizabeth Catlett (1915-2012) built a remarkable career around i...
Elizabeth I
This long-awaited and masterfully edited volume contains nearly all of the writings of Queen Elizabeth 1: the clumsy letters of childhood, the early speeches of a fledgling queen, and the prayers and poetry of the monarch's later years. The first ...
Elizabeth Bishop
In this finely written companion to Elizabeth Bishop's poetry, Bonnie Costello gives a compelling use of Bishop and her ways of seeing and writing.
Elizabeth Peyton
Elizabeth Peyton s work has been acclaimed since the early 1990s, when she began exhibiting her intimate portraits of artists, musicians, historical figures, and friends. This new volume, prepared by the artist in collaboration with designer Brend...
After Elizabeth
A brilliant history of the succession of James I of England, and the shifting power and lethal politics that brought him to the throne. In the dawn of the 17th-century when Mary Queen of Scots was dead and Elizabeth I grown old, the eyes of the En...
Elizabeth Blackadder
This extensively illustrated book is devoted to the art of Dame Elizabeth Blackadder, one of Scotland's best loved painters. Blackadder's art explores a diverse range of subjects through many mediums. The artist draws on experiences of foreign tra...
Becoming Elizabeth
OBS! Import. Kontrollera att språk och textning passar dig.All eight episodes of the historical drama which stars Alicia von Rittberg as Elizabeth Tudor and explores the future monarch's early life. After the death of her father Henry VIII, Elizabeth's younger half brother Edward (Oliver Zetterström) becomes king and she is sent to live with Catherine Parr (Jessica Raine) and her new husband Thomas Seymour (Tom Cullen). Elizabeth soon finds herself caught in the middle of the feud between Edward and their half sister Mary (Romola Garai) while she also learns to navigate the increasingly dangerous royal court. The episodes are: 'Keep Your Knife Bright', 'You Cannot Keep the Birds from Flying Over Your Head', 'Either Learn Or Be Silent', 'Lighten Our Darkness', 'Necessity Compels Me to Plague You', 'What Cannot Be Cured', 'To Laugh to Lie, to Flatter, to Face' and 'To Death We Must Stoop'.Typ: DVD
Elizabeth Bishop
Elizabeth Bishop represents a full-scale examination of Bishop's work-poetry, prose, and selected unpublished material-to reveal how personal loss becomes implicated in her vision of self as fluid and unfixed and, at the same time, how gender and ...
Elizabeth Robins
Beautiful and talented, versatile and charismatic, Elizabeth Robins was one of the foremost actresses of her day. Yet, this enduring character was also an active and lifelong feminist. This biography examines Elizabeth's historical identi...
Queen Elizabeth
Queen Elizabeth