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  • Lady Byron and Her Daughters

    de Julia Markus ...
    A startling reevaluation of Lady Byron’s marriage and the untold story of her complex life as single mother and progressive force.The center of public attention after her tumultuous marriage to Lord Byron, Annabella Milbanke transformed herself from a neglected wife into a figure of incredible resilience and social vision. After she and her infant child were cast out of their home, she was left to ... Leer más

    $19.99 USD

  • Dared And Done

    The Marriage of Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning

    de Julia Markus ...
    A Riveting and brilliant work of biography. The story of two great English poets, Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning, whose work was immediately recognized and adored by their contemporaries, whose courtship ranks with the great love stories of all time -- and in whose marriage romance was not merely sustained but intensified.We enter their story through the sealed Victorian world of the ... Leer más

    $10.99 USD

  • J. Anthony Froude

    The Last Undiscovered Great Victorian

    de Julia Markus ...
    Acclaimed biographer Julia Markus has written an unprecedented and illuminating portrait of the brilliant, tortured, and controversial James Anthony Froude—the quintessential Victorian, father of modern biography, historian, diplomat, and prodigal son.J. Anthony Froude expertly captures the roiling cultural history of a century through one man’s dynamic life. From his birth in 1818 to his death in ... Leer más

    $13.99 USD

  • Across an Untried Sea

    Discovering Lives Hidden in the Shadow of Convention and Time

    de Julia Markus ...
    From the much acclaimed author of Dared and Done: The Marriage of Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning, a new book that retrieves the lives of Victorian women--writers, actresses, poets, journalists, sculptors, and social reformers--celebrated in their day but forgotten in ours.Julia Markus focuses in particular on the American Charlotte Cushman, the most famous English-speaking actress of her ... Leer más

    $14.99 USD

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  • Vindication

    A Life of Mary Wollstonecraft

    de Lyndall Gordon ...
    "Gordon relates Wollstonecraft's story with the same potent mixture of passion and reason her subject personified . . . Wonderful, and deeply sobering." — New York Times Book ReviewThe founder of modern feminism, Mary Wollstonecraft (1759-1797) was the most famous woman in Europe and America in her time. Yet her reputation over the years has suffered—until now. Acclaimed biographer Lyndall Gordon ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • The Lonely Hearts of Yesterday: Love & Mischief in 19th Century Personal Ads

    de Planet Explorers ...
    Personal advertisements have been around as long as newspapers themselves. If you're curious about what a "matrimonial ad" from the 1800s looked like, this is your book. Read it aloud and marvel at missives like:"Gentleman, 38, height 5 ft., 9 in., weight 170, black hair, brown eyes, fair complexion, wishes to meet lady, 35 to 38, refined, normal weight, good looking, good teeth, not tired of ... Leer más

    $3.49 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Shaggy Muses

    The Dogs Who Inspired Virginia Woolf, Emily Dickinson, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Edith Wharton, and Emily Bronte

    de Maureen Adams ...
    “You’ll call this sentimental–perhaps–but then a dog somehow represents the private side of life, the play side,” Virginia Woolf confessed to a friend. And it is this private, playful side, the richness and power of the bond between five great women writers and their dogs, that Maureen Adams celebrates in this deeply engaging book.In Shaggy Muses, we visit Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Flush, the ... Leer más

    $6.99 USD

  • Romney

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    de C. Lewis Hind ...
    From the series "Masterpieces in Color", with 10 illustrations. Biography of the 18th century artist, who was a relative of the businessman and politician Mitt Romney. According to Wikipedia: "George Romney (26 December 1734 – 15 November 1802) was an English portrait painter. He was the most fashionable artist of his day, painting many leading society figures - including his artistic muse, Emma ... Leer más

    $1.16 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Humorists

    From Hogarth to Noel Coward

    de Paul Johnson ...
    “It is Johnson’s gift that he can make his subjects human and fallible enough that we would…recognize them instantly, while also illuminating what made them heroes.” —Washington Post Book World on Heroes“Johnson is a clear, intelligent, forceful writer, and nothing if not thorough.” —Wall Street JournalPaul Johnson, the acclaimed author of Creators, Heroes, and the New York Times bestseller ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD

  • Amazing Grace

    William Wilberforce and the Heroic Campaign to End Slavery

    de Eric Metaxas ...
    This biography of England’s heroic abolitionist commemorates the 200th anniversary of the ending of slavery in the United KingdomWilliam Wilberforce (1759–1833) has been hailed as a one of society’s great reformers. His great goal was the abolition of the slave trade and of slavery in England, and in Amazing Grace, the true story of his remarkable life and meaningful accomplishments leap off the ... Leer más

    $12.49 USD

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  • Dickens

    A Biography

    de Fred Kaplan ...
    The engaging biography of one of the most celebrated and enduring authors of Western literatureCharles Dickens grew up in harsh poverty and became one of the world's most beloved authors. Biographer Fred Kaplan takes a brilliant, multifaceted approach in his examination of Dickens's life: his fraught marriage and relationships; the ever-present effects of his humble beginnings; his extensive, but ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Lady Gregory's Toothbrush

    de Colm Toibín ...
    'It is the battle between those who use a toothbrush and those who don't.' So wrote Augusta Gregory to W.B. Yeats; she was referring to the riots at the Abbey Theatre over The Playboy of the Western World, and she knew which side she was on. In this remarkable biographical essay, Colm Toibin examines the contradictions that defined the position of this essential figure in Irish cultural history. ... Leer más

    $5.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus