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A woman of influence : the spectacular rise of Alice Spencer in Tudor England

Wilkie, Vanessa (Author).

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.

Book  - 2023
942.05 Derby-W
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Subject
Derby, Alice Egerton, Countess of, 1559-1637.
Nobility > Great Britain > Biography.
Great Britain > History > Elizabeth, 1558-1603.
Great Britain > History > Early Stuarts, 1603-1649.
Genre
Biographies.
  • ISBN: 9781982154288
  • Physical Description print
    xxii, 245 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
  • Publisher [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2023.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note: 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.