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Court Lady and Country Wife: Two Noble Sisters in Seventeenth-Century England
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Court Lady and Country Wife: Two Noble Sisters in Seventeenth-Century England Hardcover - 2005

by Lita-Rose Betcherman


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  • Title Court Lady and Country Wife: Two Noble Sisters in Seventeenth-Century England
  • Author Lita-Rose Betcherman
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 376
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher HarperCollins Canada, Toronto
  • Date 2005
  • ISBN 9780002007894 / 0002007894
  • Dewey Decimal Code B
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Toronto: HarperCollins / Phyllis Bruce, 2005. 384 pp, 9 1/4" H. "The lives of two dazzling aristocratic sisters, Lucy and Dorothy Percy, present a perfect window into the world of political unrest and social intrigue of seventeenth-century English society. Their breeding, beauty, and cunning made them among the most influential women of their time. Born during the reign of Elizabeth I, the Percy sisters came to prominence at the court of Charles I. Lucy, the Countess of Carlisle - the 'court lady' - dominated the royal scene thanks to her position at the center of power. Her beauty, captured in magnificent Van Dyck portraits, and her political skill attracted prominent lovers, and her charm and talents as a gossip ensured her inclusion in the Queen's inner circle. Then, her machinations during the Civil WAr led to her imprisonment in the Tower of London. Her sister, Dorothy, Countess of Leicester - the 'country wife' - had twelve surviving children and managed the family… Read More
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