Court Lady And Country Wife - Royal Privilege And Civil War, Two Noble Sisters In Seventeenth-Century England
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基本信息精装正文语种:英语ISBN:0470015403条形码:9780470015407商品尺寸:21.4 x 14.4 x 3.2 cm商品重量:640 gASIN:0470015403商品描述内容简介Born during the reign of Elizabeth I, Lucy and Dorothy Percy came to prominence at the court of Charles I. Lucy, the Countess of Carlisle, dominated the royal scene. Her beauty was immortalized in magnificent Van Dyck portraits, her political skills attracted many famous lovers, and her talent as a gossip ensured her inclusion in the queen's inner circle—until civil war and its machinations led to her imprisonment in the Tower of London.
Her sister, Dorothy, Countess of Leicester—wife of a diplomat and an ancestor of Princess Diana—managed the family estates and raised twelve surviving children. Though brilliant, with a keen eye and special purview of European politics, she had a reputation as a shrewish wife and, when her husband rebelled after thirty-five years of marriage, it caused a public scandal.
Viewing a tempestuous era through the exceptional lives of Lucy and Dorothy Percy, Lita-Rose Betcherman'sCourt Lady and Country Wifeoffers a perfect window into a remarkable world.
媒体推荐“An intimate view of Stuart England.” (New York Times Book Review )
“Fascinating dual biograpy of two seventeenth-century British sisters.” (Booklist )
