In the Widow's Bed

In the Widow's Bed
Author: Heather Boyd
Publisher: Heather Boyd
Total Pages: 130
Release: 2011-02-28
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0987097911
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Phoebe Torrington, Lady Warminster, is bored, lonely, and downright frustrated by her life. Perhaps that's why she's turned to her stepson's friend, Lord Selwood, to help her find the perfect lover. Clean, experienced, and discreet, her delicious Frenchman is as exciting as she had hoped. But she never expected Selwood-a man ten years her junior-to disguise his voice and send himself to share her bed. Jonathan Oliver, Lord Selwood, came to his friend's house party to stake a claim on his future bride. However, he delays his pursuit of the eager debutant when he discovers Phoebe's intriguing need. Jonathan cannot resist the temptation to secretly spend a night in the widow's bed. Yet once he's tasted Phoebe's desire, will one night ever be enough? A Naughty and Nice standalone regency romance novella. Naughty and Nice series: 1. One Wicked Night 2. In the Widow’s Bed 3. Love Me Tender 4. Love Me True 5. Wicked Mourning 6. A Husband for Mary 7. A Ramshackle Start 8. Let it Snow 9. Coming Together 10. Unforgettable

Widows and Suitors in Early Modern English Comedy

Widows and Suitors in Early Modern English Comedy
Author: Jennifer Panek
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 255
Release: 2004-10-14
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 113945594X
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The courtship and remarriage of a rich widow was a popular motif in early modern comic theatre. Jennifer Panek brings together a wide variety of texts, from ballads and jest-books to sermons and court records, to examine the staple widow of comedy in her cultural context and to examine early modern attitudes to remarriage. She persuasively challenges the critical tendency to see the stereotype of the lusty widow as a tactic to dissuade women from second marriages, arguing instead that it was deployed to enable her suitors to regain their masculinity, under threat from the dominant, wealthier widow. The theatre, as demonstrated by Middleton, Dekker, Beaumont and Fletcher and others, was the prime purveyor of a fantasy in which a young man's sexual mastery of a widow allowed him to seize the economic opportunity she offered.

The Widows' Might

The Widows' Might
Author: Vivian Bruce Conger
Publisher: NYU Press
Total Pages: 258
Release: 2009-03-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 081471711X
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In early American society, one’s identity was determined in large part by gender. The ways in which men and women engaged with their communities were generally not equal: married women fell under the legal control of their husbands, who handled all negotiations with the outside world, as well as many domestic interactions. The death of a husband enabled women to transcend this strict gender divide. Yet, as a widow, a woman occupied a third, liminal gender in early America, performing an unusual mix of male and female roles in both public and private life. With shrewd analysis of widows’ wills as well as prescriptive literature, court appearances, newspaper advertisements, and letters, The Widows’ Might explores how widows were portrayed in early American culture, and how widows themselves responded to their unique role. Using a comparative approach, Vivian Bruce Conger deftly analyzes how widows in colonial Massachusetts, South Carolina, and Maryland navigated their domestic, legal, economic, and community roles in early American society.

The Hoodsman - Queens and Widows

The Hoodsman - Queens and Widows
Author: Skye Smith
Publisher: Skye Smith
Total Pages: 185
Release: 2019-04-10
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1927699096
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In 1079, the Conqueror is critically wounded by Raynar in a skirmish at Gerberoi. With the Conqueror ill, Philip of France encourages rebellions against Norman rule. William placates Philip by choosing different sons to be the heirs of Normandy and of England. His favourite son Richard, is to be the next King of the English.

With William ill and rarely in England, Regent Odo and the rest of the Norman ruling class keep to the South. Raynar is in Scotland visiting Margaret when Northumbrian rebels kill the Bishop of Durham. In revenge Odo's army Harrows the North, yet again.

While King Henry is busy securing and rebuilding the West Country after the Category 5 hurricane of August 10th, 1103, Queen Edith must rule the palace and the court of England. With the help of Raynar, Countess Lucy, and Countess Maud, she moves the court from Winchester to Westminster.

About the Author

Skye Smith is my pen name. My ancestors were miners and shepherds near Castleton in the Peaks District of Derbyshire. I have been told by some readers that this series reminds them of Bernard Cornwell’s historical novels, and have always been delighted by the comparison.

This is the tenth of my Hoodsman series of books, and you should read the first “Killing Kings” before you read this book. All of the books contain two timelines linked by characters and places. The “current” story is set in the era of King Henry I in the 1100’s, while the longer “flashback” story is set in the era of King William I after 1066.

I have self-published twelve “The Hoodsman” historical-adventure novels and one Companion reference book for the series:

# - SubTitle
William I Timeline
Henry I Timeline

1. Killing Kings
1066 killing King Harald of Norway (Battle of Stamford Bridge)
1100 killing King William II of England. Henry claims the throne.

2. Hunting Kings
1066 hunting the Conqueror (Battle of Hastings Road)
1100 hunting Henry I (Coronation Charter)

3. Frisians of the Fens
1067/68 rebellions. Edgar Aetheling flees north with Margaret.
1100 amnesty and peace. Henry recruits English bowmen.

4. Saving Princesses
1068/69 rebellions. Margaret weds Scotland (Battle of Durham)
1100/01 Edith of Scotland weds Henry (Battle of Alton)

5. Blackstone Edge
1069/70 rebellions (The Harrowing of the North)
1101 peace while the economy is saved from the bankers

6. Ely Wakes
1070/71 Frisian rebellion (Battles of Ely and Cassel)
1101 Henry collects allies. Mary of Scotland weds Boulogne.

7. Courtesans and Exiles
1072/74 English lords flee abroad (Battle of Montreuil, Edgar surrenders)
1102 Henry collects allies (the honour of Boulogne)

8. The Revolt of the Earls
1075/76 Earls revolt (Battles of Worchester and Fagaduna)
1102 Earls revolt (Battles of Arundel, Bridgnorth, Shropshire)

9. Forest Law
1076/79 fighting Normans in France (London Burned, Battle of Gerberoi)
1103 fighting Normans in Cornwall (Battle of Tamara Sound)

10. Queens and Widows
1079/81 rebellions (Gateshead, Judith of Lens)
1103 Edith made Regent (Force 5 Hurricane)

11. Popes and Emperors
1081 Normans slaughter English exiles (Battle of Dyrrhachium)
1104 Henry visits Normandy (Duchy run by warlords)

12. The Second Invasion
1082/85 power vacuum, peaceful anarchy (Regent Odo arrested enroute to Rome)
1085/87 Re-invasion and Harrowing of all England (Battle of Mantes, Conqueror dies)
1104/05 Henry invades Normandy twice (Battle of Tinchebray)

Other Novels By The Same Author:

The Pistoleer – 9 historical adventures set in the English Civil War.

Maya’s Aura – 8 new age adventures while tripping around the world.

Knut – many historical adventures set in the Viking Era.

A World of Widows

A World of Widows
Author: Margaret Owen
Publisher: Zed Books
Total Pages: 232
Release: 1996-09
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9781856494205
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A World of Widows provides a global overview of the status for widowhood. Neglected by social policy researches, international human rights activists and the women's movement, the status of the world's widows - legal, social, cultural, and economic - is an urgent issue given the extent and the severity of the discrimination against them. Margaret Own explores the process of becoming a widow; poverty and social security in the context of widowhood; differing laws and customs regarding widow's inheritance; the situation of widows who remarry and issues of sexuality and health. She also looks at the needs of specific groups of widows - refugees, older widows, child widows - and widowhood in the context of AIDS. Throughout, she shows the prevalence of discrimination against widows in inheritance rights, land ownership, custody of children, security of home and shelter, nutrition and health. The book concludes with a summary of widowhood as a human rights issues and an overview of widows themselves organising for change.

Daughters, Wives and Widows After the Black Death

Daughters, Wives and Widows After the Black Death
Author: Mavis E. Mate
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Total Pages: 240
Release: 1998
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780851155340
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It has long been thought that the post Black Death period offered unparallelled opportunities for women. However, through a careful consideration of economic and legal changes affecting women of all social classes and conditions, the author shows that this was not the case, taking issue with orthodox opinion. She argues that marriage at a late age was not customary for women, and that the ability of wives to supplement their income with intermittent paid labour (at harvest time, for example) was not so great as has been supposed: rather, most married women spent more time on unpaid agricultural labour on their own land than their peers had done in the pre-plague economy. Professor Mate also demonstrates that there is little evidence to support the current belief that widowhood was the period in a woman's life when she enjoyed most power, freedom, and independence; moreover, legal changes were a mixed blessing for women, leaving some widows with a larger portion and a more secure title to land, but totally depriving others. Throughout, the book pays much attention to class as well as gender, showing how many things were determined by it, from what a woman wore or ate to the age at which she married, her power within the household, and even her vulnerability to rape.Professor MAVIS E. MATEteaches in the Department of History at the University of Oregon.

Decimus and the Wary Widow

Decimus and the Wary Widow
Author: Emily Larkin
Publisher: Emily Larkin
Total Pages: 353
Release: 2023-03-13
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0995143684
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When a devil-may-care rake rescues a frosty young widow from highwaymen, their lives become deliciously entangled. Decimus Pryor is one of London’s most notable rakes. He saunters through life, trysting with young widows and making people laugh. But rumors have spread that his skills in the bedroom are overrated. The young widows are laughing at him, not with him, and slamming shut the doors to their boudoirs. Eloïse Fortrose has always spurned Decimus’s advances, but when he rescues her from highwaymen, she discovers that there’s a lot more to this Casanova than meets the eye. What better way to heat up the chilly autumn nights than to indulge in a brief liaison? They’ll frolic between the sheets, laugh a little, restore Decimus’s standing as a rake, then go their separate ways. Eloïse doesn’t believe in love and neither does Decimus . . . but love is coming for them both, whether they want it to or not. This Regency romance contains one dashing rake, one beautiful young widow, three hapless highwaymen, a master of disguise, and a sprinkling of magic. Length: Full-length novel of 77 000 words Sensuality level: A Regency romance with steamy love scenes From USA TODAY Bestseller Emily Larkin comes a new addition to the acclaimed and multi-award-winning Baleful Godmother series! Decimus and the Wary Widow is the second Pryor Cousins novel and can be read as a standalone. If you love entertaining, emotional, and heartwarming historical romances that will keep you reading all night long, then this novel is for you. Be swept into a Regency England brimming with passion and emotion, magic and love. Start this addictive series today!