Bess of Hardwick
Subtitle: empire builder
By: Mary S. Lovell.
Edition: 1st American ed.
Publisher: Norton
Published: 2006
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 555
Subjects: Shrewsbury, Elizabeth Hardwick Talbot, Countess of, 1527?-1608.; Countesses -- Great Britain -- Biography.; Women landowners -- Great Britain -- Biography.; Great Britain -- History -- Elizabeth, 1558-1603 -- Biography.
Genres: Biography.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Merrie England 1520/40; title: Child bride, child widow 1540/7; title: Lady Cavendish 1547; title: Family matters 1547/51; title: Dangerous times 1552/6; title: 'Your poor friend' 1556/8; title: Sir William St Loe 1518/58; title: 'My own sweet Bess' 1559/61; title: Lady St Loe in trouble 1561/5; title: A very eligible widow 1565/9; title: A difficult guest 1569/73; title: A dangerous match 1574/5; title: Raising Arbella 1576/8; title: Enough to alienate the heart 1578/81; title: Discord 1582/4; title: No winners 1585/6; title: Death of a queen 1586/90; title: The Dowager Countess 1590/2; title: More window than wall 1592/9; title: 'In perfect health and good memory' 1600/02; title: Sharper than a serpent's tooth 1602/03; title: End of an era 1603/08; title: A long arm ... 1608 et seq.