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Blood Sisters: The Hidden Lives of the Women Behind the Wars of the Roses by Sarah Gristwood
$45.00 NZD
Category: No Category
Sarah Gristwood tells the true story behind Philippa Gregory's recent novels. A fiery history of queens and the perils of power and of how the Wars of the Roses were ended - not only by knights in battle, but the political and dynastic skills of women. The events of the Wars of the Roses are usually des ...Show more
Blood Sisters: The Women Behind the Wars of the Roses by Sarah Gristwood
$25.00 NZD
Category: World History
We know how the Wars of the Roses ended - with Richard III's body under a Leicester car park - but this is a thrilling history of the extraordinary noblewomen who lived through the battles and bloodshed. The events of the Wars of the Roses are usually described in terms of the men involved: Richard Duke ...Show more
Elizabeth and Leicester by Sarah Gristwood
$25.00 NZD
Category: General Biography
Few relationships fire our imagination like that of Elizabeth I and her 'bonnie sweet Robin' - the Earl of Leicester, Robert Dudley. Almost immediately after she became queen, Elizabeth's infatuation with the married Earl became the subject of letters from scandalized ambassadors. And when Dudley's wife ...Show more
The Story of Beatrix Potter by Sarah Gristwood
$40.00 NZD
Category: General Biography | Series: National Trust History & Heritage
To this day, Beatrix Potter's tales delight children and grown-ups around the world. But few people realise how extraordinary her own story is. She was a woman of contradictions. A sheltered Victorian daughter who grew into an astute modern businesswoman. A talented artist who became a scientific expert ...Show more
Vita and Virginia: A Double Life by Sarah Gristwood
$40.00 NZD
Category: General Biography
A double biography of Virginia Woolf and Vita Sackville-West, their friendship and love affair. Virginia Woolf is one of the world's most famous writers - a leading light of literary modernism and feminism - and a British icon. During the 1920s she had a passionate affair with a fellow author, Vita Sa ...Show more
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