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Elizabeth I by Anne Somerset
29.95 NZD
Category: Non-Fiction | Series: Women in History
Elizabeth I ruled England in defiance of convention, exercising supreme authority in a man's world. With courage, brilliance and style, she reigned for nearly 45 years. Anne Somerset's biography of this complex and gifted woman provides a portrait of her personal life and her career as leader.Paperback ...Show more
Ladies in Waiting : From the Tudors to the present day by Anne Somerset
29.99 NZD
Category: Non-Fiction
'Anne Somerset's gossipy Ladies in Waiting provides a wealth of juicy anecdotal material about five centuries of court life from Henry VIII to Elizabeth II' - New York TimesFar from just being servants or decorative accessories in court, ladies-in-waiting competed for real positions of power. Many achie ...Show more
Queen Anne: The Politics of Passion by Anne Somerset
26.99 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs | Reading Level: very good
Her personal life riven by passion, illness and intrigue, Queen Anne presided over some of the most momentous events in British history. Like Antonia Fraser's life of Marie Antoinette or Amanda Foreman's 'The Duchess', 'Queen Anne' is historical biography at its best. In 1702, fourteen years after she h ...Show more
The Affair of the Poisons : Murder, Infanticide and Satanism at the court of Louis XIV by Anne Somerset
32.99 NZD
37.95 (13% off)
Category: Non-Fiction | Reading Level: very good
An historical page-turner - a fantastic mixture of intrigue, crime and passion. The 'Affair of the Poisons' was a scandal at which 'all France trembled' and which 'horrified the whole of Europe' as it implicated a number of prominent persons at the court of King Louis XIV in the late 17th century. ...Show more
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