Breeze Barrington

Gebundenes Buch

The Graces

The Extraordinary Untold Lives of Women at the Restoration Court

Beschreibung

A spellbinding work of history that uncovers the inner lives and work of Maria of Modena and her â gracesâ , the extraordinary women who practiced art, poetry and politics within the misogyny of the Restoration court.

Autor

Breeze Barrington is a historian specialising in the artistic cultures of the seventeenth century, with particular focus on women's history and female artists. She holds a PhD on the literary and artistic cultures of the early Stuart court and has written for outlets including the Financial Times and the TLS. She has also worked as a consultant for Working Title and Monumental Pictures. Breeze has taught at many universities, including the University of Cambridge and is an Associate Fellow of the Royal Historical Society.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Juli 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 34mm
• Gewicht: 594g
• ISBN-13: 9781526663788
• ISBN-10: 1526663783
• Artikelnr.: 71669879

Rezensionen

Illuminating . . . Barrington, who is a specialist on art, writes beautifully about rooms, clothes, tapestries and paintings . . . The women's lives are reconstructed through the little that has survived – fragments of manuscripts, a panel from a series of paintings, a music score . . . As books about the seventeenth century enjoy a deserved boom, The Graces' focus on women and court culture is timely