Mistresses Of Cliveden

Livingstone, Natalie

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Sex, money, power, politics, and property – this book tells the extraordinary story of how five women used their home to influence British society.

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Publish Date: 07/04/2016
ISBN: 9780099594727 Category: Tags: ,

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‘It covers three centuries of high living, high politics and high drama […] it is so fascinating’ MEL SYKES
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A Sunday Times bestseller
Five women. One house. One extraordinary history.

Even today, Cliveden retains its royal mystique – it is where Meghan Markle and her mother spent the night before the royal wedding – but from its construction in the 1660s to its heyday in the 1960s, Cliveden has played host to a dynasty of remarkable and powerful women.

Anna Maria, Elizabeth, Augusta, Harriet, and Nancy were five ladies who, over the course of three centuries, shaped British society through their beauty, personalities, and political influence.

Restoration and revolution, aristocratic rise and fall, world war and cold war form the extraordinary backdrop against which their stories unfold.

An addictive history of the period and an intimate exploration of the timeless relationships between people and place, The Mistresses of Cliveden is a story of sex, power and politics, and the ways in which exceptional women defy the expectations of their time.

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Weight 450 g
Dimensions 198 × 129 × 39 mm
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Cover

Paperback

Pages

xx, 588 , 16 unnumbered of plates

Language

English

Edition
Dewey

942.0099 (edition:23)

Readership

General – Trade / Code: K