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Published by London: vintage, 1995., 1995
Seller: Saturday Books, Dudley, United Kingdom
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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. pb, good cond. 29/12/2015.
Published by London: Vintage Books 14.03.1995., 1995
ISBN 10: 0099477114ISBN 13: 9780099477112
Seller: BOUQUINIST, München, BY, Germany
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Condition: Gut. New Edition. xiv, 462 (4) Seiten mit vielen Abbildungen. Aus der Bibliothek der Gräfin Ledebur. Guter Zustand. Stella Tillyard's biography of the four Lennox sisters is a fascinating insight into eighteenth century aristocratic life. These remarkable women were avid correspondents with each other, their husbands and children, allowing us to have an intimate view of their lives - from Emily, who married Ireland's senior peer and had twenty-two children, to Sarah, who was romantically involved with King George III, married disastrously and eventually eloped with her lover. 'Essential reading for everyone interested in the history of aristocracy and enormously entertaining reading for everyone else' Linda Colley, >Observer<. - I tried to skim-read this book. But it was far too good and I ended up spending hours and hours totally engrossed in the lives, loves and letters of the Lennox sisters-- Caroline, Emily, Louisa and Sarah. Author Stella Tillyard has given a second life to these 18th-century aristocrats whose extended family included some of the most significant and colourful political figures of the era. She's mixed impeccable research, a sharp eye for detail and a writing style that's both precise and lively to produce a biography of a clan, which doubles as a panoramic history of the aristocracy in the 1700s. Each sister's defining characteristics shine through their letters, portraits and Tillyard's terrific storytelling. Caroline, the eldest, deeply pessimistic, intelligent and moral but fascinated by and attracted to "wickedness" (she eloped with the naughty-but-nice Henry Fox and was hugely happy with him). Emily: beautiful, loving, dictatorial and unbelievably fecund (22 children, 10 of whom survived into adulthood). Louisa, good, gentle, always unwilling to believe ill of anyone and who, when she died, was mourned not only by family and friends, but also by the whole of the Irish town in which she lived. And Sarah. Flighty, flirtatious Sarah, with whom the young George III fell blushingly and tongue-tiedly in love. And who, after disgracing herself and her dull, uninterested husband, with the moody younger brother of Lord Gordon (of Gordon Riots fame) finally found happiness and respectability, in her late 30s, with an understanding soldier. Unmissable. Lisa Gee. - - Stella Tillyard is a British author and historian born in 1957,[1] best known for the best-selling Aristocrats: Caroline, Emily, Louisa and Sarah Lennox, 1740-1832, which was made into a BBC mini-series in 1999. From academic to novelist: British-born Stella Tillyard read English literature at Oxford University and then became a Knox Fellow at Harvard. She went on to teach English literature and art history at Harvard, and at UCLA. Her PhD on 20th-century art criticism, completed in 1985, was published as The Impact of Modernism in 1987. From 1985-6 she attended the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. She has taught at Harvard, UCLA, and the University of London. She lives in Italy and England, is married to the historian John Brewer,[2] and has two children.[3] Her novel Times of War, set in the Regency period, appeared in May 2011.[4] The author discussed in a magazine article the challenges of veracity faced by a writer of history and likewise of a historical novel: "No writer (including the professional historian) can ever really get beyond the envelope of self. Are historians providing the master narratives of our times and historical novelists merely tinkering around the edges?"[5] . Aus: en-wikipedia-Stella_Tillyard Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 418 19,8 x 13,2 cm. Illustrierte Originalbroschur.
Published by Vintage, London 1995,, 1995
Seller: Antiquariat Petri, Jena, Germany
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Broschürt. Obr.,307s.-, in gutem Zustand, [HSA16,5b]. Englisch 400g.
Published by Vintage, Random House, London, 1995, 1995
Seller: City Basement Books, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
8vo (19.6x12.5cm), paperback, 422pp. Good condition. Light wear, scuff marks. Pictures available on request.
Published by London, Vintage 1995., 1995
gr. 8° 458 S. mit einigen Abb. im Text und auf Tafeln. Orig. - Brosch. Gut erhalten.
Published by Vintage 1995 london, 1995
Seller: Hard to Find Books NZ (Internet) Ltd., Dunedin, OTAGO, New Zealand
Association Member: IOBA
First Edition
first edition thus uncorrected proff copy, small octavo printed light card covers, 216pp VG+ (light rubbing, light foxing to foredge).