A Woman of Passion
In the glittering, bawdy, intrigue-riddled society of Elizabethan England, a beautiful, ambitious commoner rises to the position of lady-in-waiting to the queen, and loves four very different husbands along the way.
In the glittering, bawdy, intrigue-riddled society of Elizabethan England, a beautiful, ambitious commoner rises to the position of lady-in-waiting to the queen, and loves four very different husbands along the way.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780385318204 (0385318200)
Publish date: July 13th 1999
Publisher: Delacorte Press
Pages no: 464
Edition language: English
This is a highly fictionalized (and sexualized) retelling of the life of Bess of Hardwick, as seen by author Virginia Henley. Most of it focuses on her snagging the Earl of Shrewsbury, but also covers a lot of her life and three earlier marriages. While it is entertaining, it's certainly not history...
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