Description: Bess of Hardwick First Lady of Chatsworth ISBN: 0316724823 Condition: New Author: Lovell, Mary S. Publication Year: 2005 Pages: 576 Bess of Hardwick was one of the most remarkable women of the Tudor era. Gently-born in reduced circumstances, she was married at 15 and when she was widowed at 16, she was still a virgin. At 19 she married a man more than twice her age, Sir William Cavendish, a senior auditor in King Henry VIII's Court of Augmentations. Responsible for seizing church properties for the crown during the Dissolution, Cavendish enriched himself in the process. During the reign of King Edward VI, Cavendish was the Treasurer to the boy king and sisters, and he and Bess moved in the highest levels of society. They had a London home and built Chatsworth House in Derbyshire. After Cavendish's death her third husband was poisoned by his brother. Bess' fourth marriage to the patrician George, 6th Earl of Shrewsbury, Earl Marshall of England, made Bess one of the most important women at court. Her shrewd business acumen was a byword, and she was said to have 'a masculine understanding', in that age when women had little education and few legal rights. The Earl's death made her arguably the wealthiest, and therefore - next to the Queen - the most powerful woman in the country. Shipping: Items will ship within 24 hours. Returns: Accepted within 14 days of delivery for a full refund.
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Book Title: Bess of Hardwick : First Lady of Chatsworth
Number of Pages: 596 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Little Brown & Company
Item Height: 1.9 in
Topic: Europe / Great Britain / Tudor & Elizabethan Era (1485-1603), General, Historical
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Biography & Autobiography, History
Item Weight: 35.8 Oz
Author: Mary S. Lovell
Item Length: 9.5 in
Item Width: 6.4 in
Format: Hardcover
