Book summaryThis is Tillyard's account of the four 18th-century Lennox sisters, great-grandchildren of Charles II. All married prominent men (among them John Churchill, the Duke of Marlborough) and were well known in their lifetime. But their less public lives: secret marriages, love affairs, and feuds are also given due attention by the author. This is an exquisitely illustrated and unabashedly frank family history Media reviews"Ms. Tillyard has devised a form of history in which character has the depth of fiction. Her extraordinary alertness to implicit stories in the letters and documents makes her book compulsively readable...." |
Aristocrats: The Illustrated Companion to the Television Seriesby Tillyard, StellaFirst Thus
Book desription: London, England, United Kingdom: Weidenfeld & Nicolson Limited, 1999. "They left behind not just a vast written arcvhive, but the portraits, furniture, houses and gardens thatn they had commissioned, bought and created. This volume, which accompanies the major TV drama series, not only lavishly portrays their treasure trove of houses objects and paintings but also uses stills taken on location to show the actors in their settings and costumes." This book has 207 pages and is profusely illustrated.. ISBN: 0-297-82505-4. First Thus. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. ARISTOCRACY PERFORMING ARTS POLITICAL SCIENCE.
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