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Author:
Wilkie, Vanessa, author.
Title:
A woman of influence : the spectacular rise of Alice Spencer in Tudor England / Vanessa Wilkie.
Edition:
First hardcover edition.
Publisher:
Atria Books,
Copyright Date:
2023
Description:
pages cm
Subject:
Derby, Alice Egerton,--Countess of,--1559-1637.
Derby, Alice Egerton,--Countess of,--1559-1637.
1558-1649
Nobility--Great Britain--Biography.
HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General.
Nobility.
Great Britain--History--Elizabeth, 1558-1603.
Great Britain--History--Early Stuarts, 1603-1649.
Great Britain.
Biographies.
History.
Biographies.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Spencers on the Rise -- Marriage and Motherhood -- Treason and Murder -- An Unrelenting Lawsuit -- A Renaissance Family -- A Woman in Control -- Creating a Dynasty -- Secrets and Violence -- Trials and Executions -- Final Celebrations.
Summary:
"This extraordinary true story transports us to Tudor and Stuart England as Alice Spencer, the daughter of an upstart sheep farmer, becomes one of the most powerful women in the country and establishes a powerful dynasty that endures to this day"-- Provided by publisher.
ISBN:
1982154284
9781982154288
OCLC:
(OCoLC)1330895325
LCCN:
2022036961
Locations:
CDPF771 -- Clive Public Library (Clive)

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