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Author Wilkie, Vanessa, author.

Title A woman of influence : the spectacular rise of Alice Spencer in Tudor England / Vanessa Wilkie.

Publication Info. New York : Atria Books, 2023.

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Location Call No. Status
 Enfield, Main Library - Adult Department  942.055 WIL    Check Shelf
 Farmington, Main Library - Adult New Materials  B SPENCER, ALICE    Check Shelf
 South Windsor Public Library - Biographies  B SPENCER    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction  942.055 WILKIE    Check Shelf
Edition First Atria Books hardcover edition.
Description xxii, 245 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-230) and index.
Contents 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.
Summary "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"-- Provided by publisher.
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.
HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General.
Derby, Alice Egerton, Countess of, 1559-1637. (OCoLC)fst00126532
Nobility. (OCoLC)fst01038255
Great Britain. (OCoLC)fst01204623
Chronological Term 1558-1649
Genre/Form Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Biographies.
Added Title Spectacular rise of Alice Spencer in Tudor England
Other Form: Online version: Wilkie, Vanessa Woman of influence. First hardcover edition New York : Atria Books, 2023 9781982154301 (DLC) 2022036962
ISBN 9781982154288
1982154284
9781982154301 (ebook)
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