A woman of influence : the spectacular rise of Alice Spencer in Tudor England /
Wilkie, Vanessa,
A woman of influence : the spectacular rise of Alice Spencer in Tudor England / Spectacular rise of Alice Spencer in Tudor England Vanessa Wilkie. - First hardcover edition. - xxii, 245 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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"--
9781982154288 1982154284
2022036961
Derby, Alice Egerton, Countess of, 1559-1637.
Nobility--Great Britain--Biography.
Great Britain--History--Elizabeth, 1558-1603.
Great Britain--History--Early Stuarts, 1603-1649.
Biographies.
A woman of influence : the spectacular rise of Alice Spencer in Tudor England / Spectacular rise of Alice Spencer in Tudor England Vanessa Wilkie. - First hardcover edition. - xxii, 245 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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"--
9781982154288 1982154284
2022036961
Derby, Alice Egerton, Countess of, 1559-1637.
Nobility--Great Britain--Biography.
Great Britain--History--Elizabeth, 1558-1603.
Great Britain--History--Early Stuarts, 1603-1649.
Biographies.