Wives of Fame

Wives of Fame
Author: Edna Healey
Publisher: A&C Black
Total Pages: 309
Release: 2011-12-01
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 144820772X

Here are portraits of three very different Victorian women, all of whom married men of exceptional talent, energy and genius. To be the wife of such frenetic, explosive characters as David Livingstone, Karl Marx or Charles Darwin, especially at this period in history, demanded rare qualities. Yet the late twentieth-century view of these women is perhaps best summed up in the frequently heard comment: 'I didn't know he had a wife.' The mid-nineteenth century was a time of unprecedented movement and upheaval. The revolutions of 1848 set Europe ablaze and sent swarms of political dissidents to seek freedom outside their homelands. Britain and her Empire were ruled by a young Queen Victoria, inspired by her enterprising, vigorous consort, Albert; it was a climate in which invention and discovery were encouraged. Men were creating new frontiers, both geographically and intellectually, and where they went their wives and families accompanied them.

Yvain

Yvain
Author: Chretien de Troyes
Publisher: Yale University Press
Total Pages: 244
Release: 1987-09-10
Genre: Poetry
ISBN: 0300038380

A twelfth-century poem by the creator of the Arthurian romance describes the courageous exploits and triumphs of a brave lord who tries to win back his deserted wife's love

Charles Pettigrew, First Bishop-elect of the North Carolina Episcopal Church

Charles Pettigrew, First Bishop-elect of the North Carolina Episcopal Church
Author: Bennett H Wall
Publisher: Hassell Street Press
Total Pages: 32
Release: 2021-09-10
Genre:
ISBN: 9781015031500

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Five Minutes' Peace

Five Minutes' Peace
Author: Jill Murphy
Publisher: Large Family
Total Pages: 32
Release: 2016-02
Genre: Children's stories
ISBN: 9781406361902

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