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Summary: Upward Mobility Through Marriage
Review: David Durant does a very good job of making both the woman and her era intresting. Long time one of my favorite women of history, you have to admit that starting as a farmer's daughter and ending up the wealthiest woman in England (other than Queen Elizabeth I) Bess must have been something special. She could teach us modern girls a thing or two. Thank you, Mr. Durant, for writing this book.
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Summary: Search
Review: Hi,I'm french, and I am fascinationg by Bess of Hardwick's life. Does this book (or another one like it) exists in french ?
Thanks a lot for your answer Paulette
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Summary: Bess of Hardwick - A Woman Before Her Times
Review: I bought this book after touring Hardwick Hall which was built by Bess in the late 1500's. The book brought Bess alive to me and gave me a good sense of what her life would have been like. Not only does it give a sense of Bess' life, but life in Elizabethan England. Anyone having visited Chatsworth and Hardwick wishing to know more about Elizabeth Shrewsbury should read this book. I can't help wondering what Bess would think to know that her family line continues to this day and that her grand-daughter married into the Howard family.
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Summary: If you like Bess, read Virgina Henley's Woman of Passion
Review: I was first introduced to Bess Hardwick in Virginia Henley's romance novel, A Woman of Passion. Yes it is a romance, with the normal "raunchy" scenes, but everything else is historically correct. It is a great book, especially if history books bore you because it adds passion and intimate detail about her life.....I read it over and over again!!!
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