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L.S. Hilton

    15 dicembre 1974
    L.S. Hilton
    Queens Consort
    Queens Consort. England's Medieval Queens from Eleanor of Aquitaine to Elizabeth of York
    The Horror of Love
    Sex and the City of Ladies
    Elizabeth
    Maestra
    • Londra, giorno. Judith Rashleigh è una giovane e inappuntabile assistente presso una prestigiosa casa d'aste. Londra, sera. Judith arrotonda il suo magro stipendio lavorando in un club esclusivo per soli uomini, lasciandosi educatamente adorare per la propria bellezza e fingendo di sorseggiare champagne. Londra, notte. Judith può essere finalmente se stessa. E il sesso è il suo momento di abbandono. Libero, intenso, spregiudicato. Judith è intelligente, colta, determinata e ambiziosa. Sa bene come mettersi in gioco e fino a che punto. Sa come vestirsi, come parlare, come recitare al cospetto dei potenti. Ha imparato a rispettare i ruoli, a fare la brava ragazza. Ma quando, dopo essere stata ingiustamente licenziata in tronco, Judith vede tutti i suoi sogni andare in frantumi, improvvisamente capisce come vanno le cose nella realtà. Non le rimane che rivolgersi a una sua vecchia amica. Un'amica che l'ha aiutata a camminare sempre a testa alta nonostante le avversità. Un'amica che l'ha sempre sostenuta nei momenti difficili. Un'amica che una brava ragazza come lei non dovrebbe avere: la rabbia. Ed è proprio spinta dalla rabbia che Judith lotta per ottenere vendetta, usando ogni mezzo a disposizione: l'astuzia, il sesso e, quando necessario, anche l'omicidio. Perché sono stati loro a iniziare... Ma sarà lei a mettere la parola fine.

      Maestra
    • Elizabeth

      • 512pagine
      • 18 ore di lettura

      A new portrait that casts the queen as she saw herself: not as an exceptional woman, but as an exceptional ruler Queen Elizabeth I was all too happy to play on courtly conventions of gender when it suited her "weak and feeble woman's body" to do so for political gain. But in "Elizabeth," historian Lisa Hilton offers ample evidence why those famous words should not be taken at face value. With new research out of France, Italy, Russia, and Turkey, Hilton's fresh interpretation is of a queen who saw herself primarily as a Renaissance prince and used Machiavellian statecraft to secure that position. A decade since the last major biography, this "Elizabeth "breaks new ground and depicts a queen who was much less constrained by her femininity than most treatments claim. For readers of David Starkey and Alison Weir, it will provide a new, complex perspective on Elizabeth's emotional and sexual life. It's a fascinating journey that shows how a marginalized newly crowned queen, whose European contemporaries considered her to be the illegitimate ruler of a pariah nation, ultimately adapted to become England's first recognizably modern head of state.

      Elizabeth
    • The bestselling author and historian Lisa Hilton picks up the mythical 'City of Ladies' where the medieval writer Christine de Pisan left off, continuing a conversation about gender and greatness that began more than six hundred years ago.

      Sex and the City of Ladies
    • The compelling love story of two extraordinary individuals - Nancy Mitford and Free French commander Gaston Palewski - living in extraordinary times.

      The Horror of Love
    • Queens Consort

      • 576pagine
      • 21 ore di lettura

      England from the perspective of its consort queens - a distaff history of the nation from 1066 to 1503.

      Queens Consort
    • If you can't beat them - kill them...The audacious conclusion to the international bestselling phenomenon that began with Maestra.

      Ultima
    • Wolves in Winter

      • 338pagine
      • 12 ore di lettura

      In 15th century Florence, orphaned Mura learn that hermagical heritage makes her a precious prize in this vividly researched historical drama of love, betrayal, and witchcraft Five-year-old Mura is a strange and bewitching child. Daughter of a Nordic mother and Spanish father, she has been tutored in both Arabic and the ancient mythology of the north. But when her widower father is taken by the Inquisition, Mura is sold to a Genoese slaver. In the port of Savona, Mura's androgynous looks and unusual abilities fetch a high price. She is bought as a house slave for the powerful Medici, arriving in Florence as the city prepares for war against the French. When the family are forced to flee, Mura finds herself gifted to the notorious Lioness of Romagna, Countess Caterina Sforza. Beautiful, ruthless, and intelligent, the Countess is fascinated by Mura's arcane knowledge. As the Lioness educates her further in the arts of alchemy, potions, and poisons, Mura becomes a potent weapon in the Machiavellian intrigues of the Renaissance court."

      Wolves in Winter
    • Everything you thought you knew about Maestra...You don't. Judith Rashleigh returns in the stunning new thriller from the author of the worldwide # 1 bestseller, Maestra.

      Domina