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Join historian Suzannah Lipscomb as she reveals the hidden secrets of palaces, castles, theatres and abbeys to uncover the stories of Tudor England. From the famous palace at Hampton Court where dangerous court intrigue was rife, to less well-known houses, such as Anne Boleyn''s childhood home at Hever Castle or Tutbury Castle where Mary Queen of Scots was imprisoned, follow in the footsteps of the Tudors in the places that they knew.In the corridors of power and the courtyards of country houses we meet the passionate but tragic Kateryn Parr, Henry VIII''s last wife, Lady Jane Grey the nine-day queen, and hear how Sir Walter Raleigh planned his trip to the New World. This lively and engaging book reveals the rich history of the Tudors and paints a vivid and captivating picture of what it would have been like to live in Tudor England.

Objev podobné jako A Visitor's Companion to Tudor England - Suzannah Lipscomb

On 28 January 1547, the sickly and obese King Henry VIII died at Whitehall. Just hours before his passing, his last will and testament had been read, stamped and sealed. The will confirmed the line of succession as Edward, Mary and Elizabeth; and, following them, the Grey and Suffolk families. It also listed bequests to the king''s most trusted councillors and servants.Henry''s will is one of the most intriguing and contested documents in British history. Historians have disagreed over its intended meaning, its authenticity and validity, and the circumstances of its creation. As well as examining the background to the drafting of the will and describing Henry''s last days, Suzannah Lipscomb offers her own, illuminating interpretation of one of the most significant constitutional documents of the Tudor period.''A bold and original attempt to unravel one of the great mysteries of English history'' DAVID STARKEY

Objev podobné jako The King is Dead - Suzannah Lipscomb

Following the death of her beloved mother Jennifer Worth in 2011, Suzannah Worth discovered amongst her manuscripts a folder simply labelled ''Fifth Book''. Imagine her excitement when she sat down to read and her mother''s distinctive voice came flooding back. This enchanting new collection from Jennifer Worth''s Call the Midwife takes you back to the East End of London in the 1950s. Heart-warming and funny, these never-before-seen stories feature all Worth''s beloved characters, with a particular focus on Fred, the irresistible Poplar boiler man. A selection of Suzannah''s favourites from the original memoirs, featuring Chummy and Sister Monica Joan, join the new stories to make a very special addition to the Call the Midwife family.

Objev podobné jako Toffee Apples and Quail Feathers - Jennifer, SRN, SCM Worth, Suzannah Worth

The story of four remarkable women who shaped the intellectual history of the 20th century: Elizabeth Anscombe, Philippa Foot, Mary Midgley, and Iris Murdoch.On the cusp of the Second World War, four women went to Oxford to begin their studies: a fiercely brilliant Catholic convert; a daughter of privilege longing to escape her stifling upbringing; an ardent Communist and aspiring novelist with a list of would-be lovers as long as her arm; and a quiet, messy lover of newts and mice who would become a great public intellectual of our time. They became lifelong friends. At the time, only a handful of women had ever made lives in philosophy. But when Oxford''s men were drafted in the war, everything changed.As Elizabeth Anscombe, Philippa Foot, Mary Midgley, and Iris Murdoch labored to make a place for themselves in a male-dominated world, as they made friendships and families, and as they drifted toward and away from each other, they never stopped insisting that some lives are better than others. They argued that courage and discernment and justice--and love--are the heart of a good life.This book presents the first sustained engagement with these women''s contributions: with the critique and the alternative they framed. ... Unknown localization key: "more"

Objev podobné jako The Women Are Up to Something - Benjamin J. Bruxvoort Lipscomb

An updated and revised edition of Osprey''s Atlas of the Peninsular War, featuring highly detailed mapping supported by an authoritative and fascinating text.The Peninsular War is one of the defining campaigns of the British Army and sealed its reputation for supreme professionalism, heroic obstinacy and sheer perseverance.The British Army, under Sir John Moore and Wellington, ranged across the plains and mountains of Portugal and Spain and into France, taking part in 15 field actions and four bloody sieges, including Salamanca, Vitoria and Badajoz, but this is only part of the picture.The contribution of the Spanish and Portuguese forces is frequently overlooked, but there were a further 25 field actions and 15 sieges in the Iberian peninsula as part of the savage duel between the French occupiers and native inhabitants.In this revised edition, Colonel Nick Lipscombe expands upon his comprehensive, non-partisan examination of the conflict with 164 original maps, accompanied by an authoritative text narrating the war.

Objev podobné jako The Peninsular War Atlas (Revised) - Colonel Nick Lipscombe

An unsettling novel about the secrets, lies and omissions of a small rural community by bestselling novelist Suzannah Dunn.

Objev podobné jako Levitation for Beginners - Dunn Suzannah

The new novel from bestselling historical novelist Suzannah Dunn

Objev podobné jako The Testimony of Alys Twist - Dunn Suzannah

''Breath-taking . . . Evans brings forensic observation and brave grace to turbulent waters and the infinitesimal rituals of care'' NANCY CAMPBELL''Evans hears the world around her like no one else; she paces from beauty to agony and back without missing a step'' NOREEN MASUD''Balances a hypnotically dreamy and filmic vision with a precise and unsentimental lyric voice'' POLLY ATKIN------------------------------------------------------------------------From the multi-award-winning poet: a new collection of soaring lyricism and desire, exploring the act of care and the consequences of lovingUnder the Blue is an arresting, deeply candid exploration of both the shimmering beauty of life and the realities of care. Through a series of glittering fragmental prose poems and evocative postcards, Suzannah V. Evans has produced a kaleidoscopic meditation grounded by profound humanity and empathy – about intimacy and togetherness, sickness and pain, what can be said and what remains unsayable.------------------------------------------------------------------------''Catches us in the complexity of pleasure and pain that is being bodies in this world'' PHOEBE POWER''Understated, true and wise ... A poetic waterlog buoyed by the rhythms of love'' ISABEL GALLEYMORE

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''This is a novel about everything and nothing, sour and melancholy, with elements of sheer comedy and almost unbearable beauty... The older Deborah reflects that "I''m surprised any of us lived to tell the tale", and if this subtle book has a message, it is how alien and yet how relatable the past remains'' Guardian Book of the Day''A glorious writer... witty, well-observed and full of heart'' Irish Independent''A bittersweet, nostalgia-tinged adventure... with a steadily growing voltage'' Daily Mail ''A deliciously unsettling read'' Clare Chambers, author of Small Pleasures ''Lovely'' Patrick Gale A sharp eye and keen wit are brought to bear on the secrets and lies of a small rural community - secrets and lies that may prove deadly.It''s 1972 and ten-year-old Deborah is living a ten-year-old life: butterscotch angel delight and Raleigh chopper bikes, and Clunk Click, and Crackajack and Jackanory, Layla and the Bee Gees, flares and ponchos.But new girl Sarah-Jayne breezes into school, pretty as a picture and full of gossip and speculation, as well as unlikely but thrilling stories about levitation. The other girls are dazzled but Deborah is wary and keeps her distance. That same week, eighteen-year-old brickie Sonny turns up on her doorstep ... Unknown localization key: "more"

Objev podobné jako Levitation for Beginners - Dunn Suzannah

Suzannah Evans’ debut collection Near Future is doom-pop-poetry with an apocalyptic edge, a darkly humorous journey through sci-fi lullabies and northern mysteries. This is a future simulation stripped of the space-age gloss of progression - one where the robots have gone rogue and the hopes of a new millennium are malfunctioning; this is a skewed yet oddly familiar world gone uncannily wrong. These playful, sharp, poems are also about more than dystopias and five types of possible apocalypse - in looking at the worst-case scenarios, Evans comes closer to the bigger narrative; universal truths of change, whether man-made or natural, preventable of inevitable, and the uncertain business of human existence where ''there are disasters that you cannot prepare yourself for''. Evans brings a distinctive, skilful and wonderfully peculiar roving eye to our restless and unpredictable times.

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Arrested by her sister for treason, who in her household can Elizabeth trust?1553: deeply-divided England rejoices as the rightful heir, Mary Tudor, sweeps to power on a tide of populist goodwill. But the people should have been careful what they wished for: Mary''s mission is to turn back time to an England of old. Within weeks there is widespread rebellion in favour of her heir, her half-sister, Princess Elizabeth, who is everything that Mary isn''t. From now on, Elizabeth will have to use her considerable guile just to stay alive.Orphan Alys Twist has come a long way - further than she ever dared hope - to work as a laundress at the royal wardrobe. There she meets Bel, daughter of the Queen''s tailor, and seems to have arrived at her own happy ending. But in a world where appearance is everything, a laundress is in a unique position to see the truth of people''s lives, and Alys is pressed into service as a spy in the errant princess''s household. Alys herself, though, is hardly whiter than white, and when the princess is arrested she must make a dangerous choice.Reader praise for The Testimony of Alys Twist''This is an interesting story ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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Subjectified is a book about subjects, objects, and verbs. It is also a book about clothing-optional resorts, masturbation circles, and sex parties. Suzannah Weiss takes the reader through her adventures as a sex and relationship writer to explore how we can create a world with less objectification and more subjectification – placing women and other marginalized groups in the subject role of sentences and actions. Offering a deeply personal critique of sexual empowerment movements, Weiss presents a way forward that focuses on what women desire, not what men desire from them. Subjectified calls for women everywhere to inhabit their bodies and hearts – to look through their own eyes and speak as “I.” The book is for everybody wanting to understand themselves as subjects. Wholeheartedly, the author invites you to follow her search for subjecthood and, should you desire, forge your own path out of objecthood.Now available as an audiobook.

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Kniha - autor Álvar Núnez Cabeza de Vaca, 208 stran, česky, pevná bez přebalu lesklá Álvar Núnez Cabeza de Vaca (asi 1490–1556/9), se v roce 1527 coby pokladník účastnil neúspěšné výpravy Pánfila de Narváez na Floridu. Následujících téměř deset let prožil mezi indiánskými kmeny, roku 1536 pěšky dorazil na území dnešního Mexika. V roce 1537 se vrátil do Španělska a v roce 1540 byl jmenován guvernérem a generálním kapitánem území Rio de La Plata. Druhá výprava ho dovedla podél řeky Paraná do města Asunción, kde se dostal do konfliktu s místním zástupcem krále, mj. i pro laskavý postoj k domorodcům. Po návratu vydal o obou cestách zprávy. V té slavnější, Ztroskotání (Naufragios), popisuje výpravu na Floridu a zkušenosti z pobytu mezi indiány v oblasti kolem Mexického zálivu. Druhá, Komentáře (Comentario), líčí cestu do oblasti Rio de La Plata. Ztroskotání jsou považována za jednu z nejvýznamnějších písemných památek dokumentujících španělské zámořské plavby....

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This book surveys the economy of Wales from the first Norman intrusions of 1067 to the Act of Union of England and Wales in 1536. Key landmarks that are foundational to Welsh economic progress include the evolution of the agrarian economy, the settlement and growth of towns, the adoption of a monetary system, English colonization and economic exploitation, the collapse of Welsh social structures and rise of economic individualism, the disastrous effect of the Glyndwr rebellion, and, ultimately, the alignment of the Welsh economy to that of the English. Matthew Stevens crafts a narrative economic history that provides an essential framework for understanding the development of Wales and its relationship to Britain and Europe.

Objev podobné jako The Economy of Medieval Wales, 1067-1536 - Matthew Stevens