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Women All on Fire
- The Women of the English Civil War
Engelsk Paperback
Women All on Fire
- The Women of the English Civil War
Engelsk Paperback

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Using personal accounts from both Royalist and Parliamentarian supporters to reveal the untold story of the women of the English Civil War, Alison Plowden illustrates how the conflict affected the lives of women and how they coped with unfamiliar responsibilities. Some displayed a courage so far above their sex as to suprise and disconcert their men. The Royalists included Queen Henrietta, who went abroad to raise money for the cause, and Mary Bankes who held Corfe Castle for the king with her daughters, heaving stones and hot embers over the battlements at the attacking Roundheads. On the opposing side, Lady Brillia Harley guarded Brampton Bryan Castle in Herefordshire against the Royalists and Anne Fairfax, wife of Cromwell''s northern general, who was taken prisoner by the Duke of Newcastle''s troops after Adwalton Moor. This is a fascinating look at the little reported, yet valient actions, of the women caught up in this tumultuous age.

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Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
272
ISBN-13:
9780750937658
Indbinding:
Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
0750937653
Udg. Dato:
25 nov 2004
Længde:
21mm
Bredde:
132mm
Højde:
199mm
Forlag:
The History Press Ltd
Oplagsdato:
25 nov 2004
Forfatter(e):
Books from the same author
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