Mistress of the House
Subtitle: Great Ladies and Grand Houses, 1670-1830
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Phoenix House; Orion Publishing Group, Limited
Published: October 1, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 336
ISBN-13: 9780753817711
Subjects: Social History; Women; Great Britain - History - 18th Century; Biography & Autobiography; History - General History; Biography/Autobiography; United Kingdom, Great Britain; Europe - Great Britain - General; ARISTOCRACY (SOCIAL CLASS); GREAT BRITAIN_HISTORY_1714-1837; GREAT BRITAIN_HISTORY_STUARTS, 1603-1714; GREAT BRITAIN_SOCIAL LIFE AND CUSTOMS; History / Great Britain; SEX ROLE; Social Science / Women's Studies; WOMEN_HISTORY_MODERN PERIOD, 1600-; WOMEN_SOCIAL CONDITIONS
First sentence: In the eighteenth century Britain was run by its landowners, for whom the acquisition of estates was a bid for power rather than for privacy.