Court Lady and Country Wife

Name: Court Lady and Country Wife
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ISBN: 9780002007894

ISBN-10: 0002007894

ISBN-13: 9780002007894

Edition: 2005

Authors: Lita-Rose Betcherman

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Their breeding, beauty and cunning made them among the mostinfluential members of 17th-century English society. Lucy Percy was the courtlybeauty--a charming lady whose considerable talents in the ballrooms, bedroomsand anterooms of the court of Charles I were, in the end, not enough to keep herfrom the Tower of London. Lucy's sister Dorothy, an early relation of PrincessDiana's family, was the country wife--mother of 12 children, a domineeringand politically savvy woman whose unaspiring husband's eventual rebellionafter 37 years caused a public scandal. Together, the Countess of Carlisle andthe Countess of Leicester endured romances, court intrigues, family feuds andcivil war, their love…

Book details

List price: $36.95
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Limited
Publication date: 10/6/2005
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 408
Size: 6.30" wide x 9.25" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.496
Language: English

Lita-Rose Betcherman is an historian and a labour relations specialist. Her previous books specialize in legal history; she has also published in numerous academic journals.