A woman of influence : the spectacular rise of Alice Spencer in Tudor England
(2023)
By:
Wilkie, Vanessa
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
942.055/WILKIE,V
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
New York : Atria Books, 2023
EDITION
First Atria Books hardcover edition
DESCRIPTION
xxii, 245 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9781982154288, 1982154284 :, 1982154284, 9781982154288
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
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
"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."--