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Agatha Christie: The Sunday Times Bestseller
by Lucy Worsley'Paint(s) an intriguing picture of Christie.' - Guardian'Ms Worsley herself writes engagingly... She combines an almost militant support for her subject with a considered analysis of her books and plays.' - Economist'Admirably scrupulous' - New York Times'(An) authoritative and entertaining biography.' - Irish Independent'Written with... Lucy Worsley's trademark wit and wisdom, Agatha Christie emerges from the page as a thoroughly modern woman' - Red'Entertaining and authoritative, shining a light on just what an extraordinary pioneer Christie was.' - Belfast Telegraph'Nobody in the world was more inadequate to act the heroine than I was.'A new and fascinating account of the life of Agatha Christie from acclaimed historian Lucy Worsley.Why did Agatha Christie spend her career pretending that she was 'just' an ordinary housewife, when clearly she wasn't? As Lucy Worsley says, 'She was thrillingly, scintillatingly modern'. Her life was 'modern' too: she went surfing in Hawaii, she loved fast cars, and she was intrigued by the new science of psychology, which helped her through devastating mental illness.So why - despite all the evidence to the contrary - did Agatha present herself as a retiring Edwardian lady of leisure? She was born in 1890 into a world which had its own rules about what women could and couldn't do. Lucy Worsley's biography is not just of a massively, internationally successful writer. It's also the story of a person who, despite the obstacles of class and gender, became an astonishingly successful working woman.Agatha's life is fascinating for its mysteries and its passion.With access to personal letters and papers that have rarely been seen, Lucy Worsley's biography is both authoritative and entertaining and makes us realise what an extraordinary pioneer Agatha Christie was - truly a woman who wrote the twentieth century.(P)2022 Hodder & Stoughton Limited
Jane Austen at Home: A Biography
by Lucy Worsley"Jane Austen at Home offers a fascinating look at Jane Austen's world through the lens of the homes in which she lived and worked throughout her life. The result is a refreshingly unique perspective on Austen and her work and a beautifully nuanced exploration of gender, creativity, and domesticity."--Amanda Foreman, bestselling author of Georgianna, Duchess of DevonshireTake a trip back to Jane Austen's world and the many places she lived as historian Lucy Worsley visits Austen's childhood home, her schools, her holiday accommodations, the houses--both grand and small--of the relations upon whom she was dependent, and the home she shared with her mother and sister towards the end of her life. In places like Steventon Parsonage, Godmersham Park, Chawton House and a small rented house in Winchester, Worsley discovers a Jane Austen very different from the one who famously lived a 'life without incident'. Worsley examines the rooms, spaces and possessions which mattered to her, and the varying ways in which homes are used in her novels as both places of pleasure and as prisons. She shows readers a passionate Jane Austen who fought for her freedom, a woman who had at least five marriage prospects, but--in the end--a woman who refused to settle for anything less than Mr. Darcy. Illustrated with two sections of color plates, Lucy Worsley's Jane Austen at Home is a richly entertaining and illuminating new book about one of the world’s favorite novelists and one of the subjects she returned to over and over in her unforgettable novels: home.
Jane Austen at Home: A Biography
by Lucy Worsley'This is my kind of history: carefully researched but so vivid that you are convinced Lucy Worsley was actually there at the party - or the parsonage.' Antonia Fraser'A refreshingly unique perspective on Austen and her work and a beautifully nuanced exploration of gender, creativity, and domesticity.' Amanda ForemanOn the 200th anniversary of Jane Austen's death, historian Lucy Worsley leads us into the world in which our best-loved novelist lived. This new telling of the story of Jane's life shows us how and why she lived as she did, examining the rooms, spaces and possessions which mattered to her, and the way in which home is used in her novels to mean both a place of pleasure and a prison. It wasn't all country houses and ballrooms, in fact her life was often a painful struggle.Jane famously lived a 'life without incident', but with new research and insights Lucy Worsley reveals a passionate woman who fought for her freedom. A woman who far from being a lonely spinster in fact had at least five marriage prospects, but who in the end refused to settle for anything less than Mr Darcy.(P)2017 Hodder & Stoughton Limited
Jane Austen at Home: A Biography
by Lucy WorsleyTHE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'This is my kind of history: carefully researched but so vivid that you are convinced Lucy Worsley was actually there at the party - or the parsonage.' Antonia Fraser'A refreshingly unique perspective on Austen and her work and a beautifully nuanced exploration of gender, creativity, and domesticity.' Amanda ForemanLucy Worsley 'is a great scene-setter for this tale of triumph and heartbreak.' Sunday TimesOn the 200th anniversary of Jane Austen's death, historian Lucy Worsley leads us into the rooms from which our best-loved novelist quietly changed the world.This new telling of the story of Jane's life shows us how and why she lived as she did, examining the places and spaces that mattered to her. It wasn't all country houses and ballrooms, but a life that was often a painful struggle. Jane famously lived a 'life without incident', but with new research and insights Lucy Worsley reveals a passionate woman who fought for her freedom. A woman who far from being a lonely spinster in fact had at least five marriage prospects, but who in the end refused to settle for anything less than Mr Darcy.
Jane Austen at Home: A Biography (250th Birthday Edition)
by Lucy WorsleyTo celebrate the 250th anniversary of Jane Austen's birth, Lucy Worsley has written a new Introduction to her Sunday Times Bestselling biography - the book that leads us into the rooms from which our best-loved novelist quietly changed the world.This telling of the story of Jane's life shows us how and why she lived as she did, examining the places and spaces that mattered to her. It wasn't all country houses and ballrooms, but a life that was often a painful struggle. Jane famously lived a 'life without incident', but with new research and insights Lucy Worsley reveals a passionate woman who fought for her freedom. A woman who far from being a lonely spinster in fact had at least five marriage prospects, but who in the end refused to settle for anything less than Mr Darcy.
Queen Victoria: Daughter, Wife, Mother, Widow
by Lucy WorsleyThe story of the queen who defied convention and defined an era A passionate princess, an astute and clever queen, and a cunning widow, Victoria played many roles throughout her life. In Queen Victoria: Twenty-Four Days That Changed Her Life, Lucy Worsley introduces her as a woman leading a truly extraordinary life in a unique time period. Queen Victoria simultaneously managed to define a socially conservative vision of Victorian womanhood, while also defying its conventions. Beneath her exterior image of traditional daughter, wife, and widow, she was a strong-willed and masterful politician. Drawing from the vast collection of Victoria’s correspondence and the rich documentation of her life, Worsley recreates twenty-four of the most important days in Victoria's life. Each day gives a glimpse into the identity of this powerful, difficult queen and the contradictions that defined her. Queen Victoria is an intimate introduction to one of Britain’s most iconic rulers as a wife and widow, mother and matriarch, and above all, a woman of her time.
Queen Victoria: Daughter, Wife, Mother, Widow
by Lucy WorsleyThe audiobook contains an exclusive bonus interview with author Lucy Worsley. Bestselling author and historian Lucy Worsley tracks a new course through Queen Victoria's life, examining how she transformed from dancing princess to the Widow of Windsor and became one of Britain's greatest monarchs along the way. Taking twenty-four significant days from Victoria's life, from her birth, her wedding, her coronation to her husband's death, and many more in between, allows us to see Victoria up close and personal, examining how she lived hour to hour. Published to coincide with the 200th anniversary of Queen Victoria's birth, this major new biography celebrates Queen Victoria as a woman of her time, who lived an extraordinary life.(P)2018 Hodder & Stoughton Limited
Queen Victoria: Daughter, Wife, Mother, Widow
by Lucy Worsley'A wonderfully fresh, vivid and engaging portrait.' Jane Ridley, author of Bertie: A Life of Edward VII'Has much of the abundant charm of its author.' Spectator'The glory of this book is in the details.' The Times'Worsley's command of the material and elegant writing style make this a must-read.' Publisher's Weekly'An intimate glimpse.' Daily Mail 'An engaging portrait of the monarch.' i paper'Provides a unique insight into this inscrutable monarch.' Choice Magazine 'In this lively, light-footed biography, just out in paperback, the popular TV historian Lucy Worsley looks at just 24 days of Victoria's 81-year long life to reveal unexpected sides to the monarch.' BBC History Magazine*******************************Who was Queen Victoria? A little old lady, potato-like in appearance, dressed in everlasting black? She was also a passionate young princess who loved dancing. And there is also a third Victoria, the brilliant queen, one who invented a new role for the monarchy. Victoria found a way of ruling when people were deeply uncomfortable with having a woman on the throne. Her image as a conventional daughter, wife and widow concealed the reality of a talented, instinctive politician. Her actions, if not her words, reveal that she was tearing up the rules on how to be female. But the price of this was deep personal pain.By looking in detail at twenty-four days of her life, through diaries, letters and more, we meet Queen Victoria up-close and personal. Living with her from hour to hour, we can see and celebrate the contradictions that make up British history's most recognisable woman.
The Times Great Women's Lives: A Celebration in Obituaries
by Sue Corbett Lucy WorsleyThis selection of Times obituaries from 1872 to 2014 revisits the lives of 125 women who have all, in their own way, played an important part in women’s educational, professional, social, cultural and emotional journey over the best part of two centuries. The anthology starts with the obituary of 91-year-old pioneering mathematician and scientist Mary Somerville (d. 1872) and concludes with that of 110-year-old concert pianist and Holocaust survivor Alice Herz-Sommer (d. 2014). In between come a formidable trio of later scientists: the discoverer of radium Marie Curie; the unsung heroine of DNA, Rosalind Franklin; and the only British woman to win a Nobel Prize for science, Dorothy Hodgkin. Plus a further quintet of great pianists: Clara Schumann, Myra Hess, Eileen Joyce, Tatiana Nikolayeva and Moura Lympany. Among campaigners, there is nursing reformer Florence Nightingale (d. 1910), along with suffragists Emmeline, Christabel and Sylvia Pankhurst (d. 1928, 1958 and 1960), the 20th century’s best-known promoter of contraception (Marie Stopes, d. 1958), civil rights worker Rosa Parks (d. 2005), founder of the hospice movement Cicely Saunders (d. 2005), anti-apartheid campaigner Helen Suzman (d. 2009) and Nobel Prize-winning environmentalist Wangari Maathai (d. 2011). Interspersed are women prime ministers from Golda Meir of Israel (d. 1978) to Margaret Thatcher (d. 2013); actresses from Sarah Bernhardt (d. 1923) to Marilyn Monroe (d. 1962) and Elizabeth Taylor (d. 2011); novelists from George Eliot (d. 1880) to Doris Lessing (d. 2013); singers from Jenny Lind (d. 1887) to Joan Sutherland (d. 2010); plus aviators, a mountaineer, a Channel swimmer, war correspondents, ballerinas, sportswomen, botanists, US first ladies, iconic members of the British royal family, and more.
Women On Top of the World: What Women Think About When They're Having Sex
by Lucy-Anne HolmesThis collection of fifty true disclosures by women around the world from all ages and walks of life reveals their innermost thoughts and feelings during sex, accompanied by full-color interpretive illustrations from cutting-edge artists. Author Lucy-Anne Holmes has spoken to women from around the globe, ranging in age from 19-75, as they reveal their innermost thoughts and feelings during sex. The result is an incredible compendium of true disclosures that are funny and sad, shocking and tender.Fully illustrated throughout by a range of cutting-edge artists who have interpreted the intimate revelations in their unique ways, Women on Top of the World will be a provocative collection of female voices. It promises to contribute to the changing way women are now talking about their sexuality, and their journeys toward self-discovery.
Empecemos de cero
by Lucía FernándezLa popular figura de TikTok, Lucía Fernández, nos cuenta las luces y sombras de ser una influencer. Todo lo que escriba aquí va a quedar para siempre y eso nunca va a cambiar. ¡Hola, yo soy Lucía Fernández! Puede que algunos ya me conozcáis por las redes sociales o por mi canal de YouTube, pero quizás otros no sabéis nada de mí. Por eso, me gustaría que me conocierais a través de este libro donde he querido plasmar mis sentimientos. Empecemos de cero lo he dividido en dos partes, porque creo que así es como soy yo: en la primera tenéis a la Lucía que ve todo el mundo día a día y a través de las redes sociales, donde incluiré mi infancia y mi adolescencia (y algunos secretos), y en la segunda parte encontraréis lo que muy pocas personas pueden ver de mí, lo que siento en cada momento y que a veces me cuesta compartir. Bienvenidos a mi vida. Espero que disfrutéis este libro que es tan necesario para mí. ¡Nos vemos pronto!
Historias de Inmigración
by Lucía GálvezTestimonios de pasión, amor y arraigo en tierra argentina. Un mosaico de heroísmos y epopeyas cotidianas que bien puede simbolizar otros miles de historias desconocidas, como, quizá, la de nuestros propios abuelos. Entre las últimas décadas del siglo XIX y las primeras del XX, más de seis millones de personas llegaron a la Argentina. Muchas probaron fortuna y regresaron pronto a su tierra, pero más de la mitad decidió afincarse y echar raíces en el país: son la materia prima que conformó una parte importante de nuestra identidad. En sus valijas trajeron la añoranza de afectos dejados atrás, la tristeza de no saber si volverían alguna vez a su tierra, la incertidumbre ante lo desconocido y una enorme carga de esperanzas y expectativas. Suizos, saboyanos, piamonteses, italianos, franceses, alemanes del Volga, galeses, escoceses, vascos, gallegos, irlandeses, polacos# el trabajo de todos ellos está en nuestros campos y nuestras ciudades, su esfuerzo hizo crecer el país que sería la tierra de sus descendientes. Lucía Gálvez reunió estas historias de vida, narradas con orgullo por los propios protagonistas, sus hijos o sus nietos.
Historias de amor de la historia argentina
by Lucía GálvezUn libro para mirar nuestro pasado con nuevos ojos. Muchas de estas historias fueron transmitidas a través del tiempo en relatos susurrados, a escondidas, en reuniones, corrillos y tertulias. Porque la mujer, el sexo y el amor son parte elemental de la historia, pero las convenciones sociales los ocultaron de la publicidad y la historiografía no siempre les otorga la importancia debida. Con relatos sencillos basados en investigaciones rigurosas, Lucía Gálvez contribuye a llenar ese vacío narrándonos historias de amores fundacionales del pasado, desde las que protagonizaron las concubinas indias y las esposas españolas de la conquista y el poblamiento hasta los amores secretos de Rodríguez Peña e Yrigoyen.
Las mujeres y la patria
by Lucía GálvezCon textos sencillos y cautivantes, cimentados en una investigación histórica rigurosa, Lucía Gálvez nos demuestra que las mujeres siguen siendo grandes protagonistas silenciadas de nuestra historia. Una vez más, la historiadora Lucía Gálvez nos demuestra con estas narraciones que, conocidas o no, las mujeres siguen siendo grandes protagonistas silenciadas de nuestra historia. En algunos casos, sus vidas y sus actos permanecen en el olvido; en otros, su fama ha servido muchas veces para ocultar o tergiversar el verdadero sentido de sus acciones. Las mujeres y la patria rescata la importancia histórica de personajes como Micaela Bastidas, Mariquita Sánchez, Remedios Escalada, Encarnación Ezcurra, Delfina Bunge y Victoria Ocampo, entre otras, a través de una recorrida por sus afectos, sus amores, sus sacrificios y sus renunciamientos en el marco de la azarosa evolución de nuestro país.
Mujeres de la Conquista
by Lucía GálvezLa historiadora rescata personalidades memorables e historias fascinantes del período de la conquista. La conquista y el poblamiento de nuestro territorio constituyen una epopeya que no siempre ha sido narrada con justeza. Menos aún, el papel relevante que las mujeres han cumplido en ella. Durante esos siglos, españolas, indias y mestizas ejercieron funciones múltiples, soportaron grandes sacrificios y muchas veces fueron silenciadas o padecieron penosas humillaciones. Con el rigor histórico y la solvencia narrativa que la caracterizan, Lucía Gálvez rescata algunas de las personalidades memorables de ese período y nos revela sus historias singulares y fascinantes.
The Story of Che Guevara
by Lucía Álvarez de Toledo Lucía Álvarez ToledoAn accessible biography of one of the most influential figures of recent times based on new, original research.Che Guevara is something of a symbol in the West. But for the rest of the world he is different: a charismatic revolutionary who redrew the political map of Latin America and gave hope to those resisting colonialism everywhere. In The Story of Che Guevara Lucía Álvarez de Toledo follows Che from his birth in Rosario and his early years in his parent's maté plantation, to his immortal motorcycle journeys across South America, his role at the heart of Castro's new Cuban government, and through to the unforgiving jungle that formed the backdrop to his doomed campaigns in the Congo and Bolivia. Based on interviews with Che's family and those who knew him intimately, this is an accessible biography that concentrates on the man rather than the icon. With the political developments in Latin America in the twenty-first century, his influence can be seen to be even greater than it was during his lifetime and The Story of Che Guevara is a perfect introduction to an extraordinary man.
The Story of Che Guevara
by Lucía Álvarez de Toledo Lucía Álvarez ToledoAn accessible biography of one of the most influential figures of recent times based on new, original research.Che Guevara is something of a symbol in the West. But for the rest of the world he is different: a charismatic revolutionary who redrew the political map of Latin America and gave hope to those resisting colonialism everywhere. In The Story of Che Guevara Lucía Álvarez de Toledo follows Che from his birth in Rosario and his early years in his parent's maté plantation, to his immortal motorcycle journeys across South America, his role at the heart of Castro's new Cuban government, and through to the unforgiving jungle that formed the backdrop to his doomed campaigns in the Congo and Bolivia. Based on interviews with Che's family and those who knew him intimately, this is an accessible biography that concentrates on the man rather than the icon. With the political developments in Latin America in the twenty-first century, his influence can be seen to be even greater than it was during his lifetime and The Story of Che Guevara is a perfect introduction to an extraordinary man.
Leaving Leningrad
by Ludmila ShternAlthough women writers have held a conspicuous place in the history of modern Russian literature, they have been slow to find their true voices in exile. Ludmila Shtern, a geologist/writer who emigrated to the US from the Soviet Union in 1975, offers a completely fresh, unsentimental look at daily life in the former Soviet Union and the US in the second half of the 20th century. Her memoir, part comic bildungsroman, part picaresque adventure, shows its heroine, Tatyana Dargis, growing up in the USSR, falling in love, falling afoul of the KGB, and finally emigrating to the US where new absurdities (capitalist rather than communist in nature) prevail. An amalgam of bittersweet understatement and mordant wit, Shtern's prose is shaped by her ear for a wide range of human voices and the stories they tell, and by her eye for the grotesqueries and savagely funny pain of modern life.
The Thaw Generation: Coming of Age in the Post-Stalin Era (Russian and East European Studies #Volume 19)
by Paul Goldberg Ludmilla AlexeyevaThe Thaw Generation offers an insider's look at the Soviet dissident movement--the intellectuals who, during the Khrushchev and Brezhnev eras, dared to challenge an oppressive system and demand the rights guaranteed by the Soviet constitution. Fired from their jobs, hunted by the KGB, “tried,” and imprisoned, Alexeyeva and other activists including Andrei Sakharov, Yuri Orlov, Yuli Daniel, and Andrei Sinyavsky, through their dedication and their personal and professional sacrifices, focused international attention on the issue of human rights in the USSR.
The Assassination of Lumumba
by Ludo De WitteThe Assassination of Lumumba unravels the appalling mass of lies, hypocrisy and betrayals that have surrounded accounts of the 1961 assassination of Patrice Lumumba—the first prime minister of the Republic of Congo and a pioneer of African unity—since it perpetration. Making use of a huge array of official sources as well as personal testimony from many of those in the Congo at the time, Ludo De Witte reveals a network of complicity ranging from the Belgian government to the CIA. Patrice Lumumba&’s personal strength and his quest for African unity emerges in stark contrast with one of the murkiest episodes in twentieth-century politics.
North Against South: The American Iliad, 1848-1877 (3rd Edition)
by Ludwell H. JohnsonNorth Against South: The American Iliad, 1848-1877 (3rd Edition). A history of the war between the States and Reconstruction.
Hotel Splendide
by Ludwig Bemelmans&“Truly a great book—unique, invaluable and unapproachable as the gold standard of the genre… Bemelmans got there first, more frequently, and better.&” —Anthony Bourdain Acerbic, colorful, and spirited stories from a bygone era: behind the scenes in a grand NY hotel, from the author of the Madeline books Picture David Sedaris writing Kitchen Confidential about the Ritz in New York in the 1920s, which had the style and charm of The Grand Budapest Hotel…In this charming and uproariously funny hotel memoir, Ludwig Bemelmans uncovers the fabulous world of the Hotel Splendide—the thinly disguised stand-in for the Ritz—a luxury New York hotel where he worked as a waiter in the 1920s. With equal parts affection and barbed wit, he uncovers the everyday chaos that reigns behind the smooth facades of the gilded dining room and banquet halls. In hilarious detail, Bemelmans sketches the hierarchy of hotel life and its strange and fascinating inhabitants: from the ruthlessly authoritarian maître d'hôtel Monsieur Victor to the kindly waiter Mespoulets to Frizl the homesick busboy. Illustrated with his own charming line drawings, Bemelmans' tales of a bygone era of extravagance are as charming as they are riotously entertaining. &“[Bemelmans] was the original bad boy of the NY hotel/restaurant subculture, a waiter, busboy, and restaurateur who &“told all&” in a series of funny and true (or very near true) autobiographical accounts of backstairs folly, excess, borderline criminality, and madness in the grande Hotel Splendide… If you like stories about old New York as I do, this classic will have you laughing out loud.&” –Anthony Bourdain
To the One I Love the Best
by Ludwig BemelmansA witty and charming account of the wildly entertaining Elsie de Wolfe in 1950s Hollywood, recounted by her dear friend, the beloved creator of MadelineLudwig Bemelmans&’ charming intergenerational friendship with the late-in-life &“First Lady of Interior Decoration&” provides an enormously enjoyable nostalgia trip to the sun-soaked glamour of Los Angeles, where de Wolfe surrounded herself with classic movie stars and a luminous parade of life's oddities. With hilarity and mischief that de Wolfe would no doubt approve, To the One I Love the Best lifts the curtain on 1950s Hollywood--a bygone world of extravagance and eccentricity, where the parties are held in circus tents and populated by ravishing movie stars. Bemelmans, who was working at MGM, had originally come to the California home of de Wolfe just for cocktails but by the end of the night, he was firmly established as a member of the family: given a bedroom in their sumptuous house, invitations to the most outrageous parties in Hollywood, and the friendship of the larger-than-life woman known to her closest friends simply as 'Mother'. To the One I Love the Best (which refers to de Wolfe&’s dog) is a touching tribute to a fabulously funny woman and an American icon. Be pretty if you can, be witty if you must, but be gracious if it kills you. - Elsie de Wolfe
Mathematicians Are People, Too: Stories From The Lives Of Great Mathematicians (Volume One)
by Luetta Reimer Wilbert ReimerVolume One focuses on moments of mathematical discovery experienced by Thales, Pythagoras, Hypatia, Galileo, Pascal, and others.
Fenice Tranquilla: Guida per Introversi per Risorgere nel Lavoro e nella Vita
by Prasenjeet Kumar Luigi CirameRisveglia l'Uccello Fenice al Tuo Interno. Risorgi nel Tuo Lavoro. Ama la Tua Professione. In una memoria a tutto tondo e prima nel suo genere sul lavoro all'interno di un'importante studio legale indiano, l'avvocato d'azienda diventato autore Prasenjeet Kumar, condivide le sue esperienze in una maniera così candida e senza restrizioni come non si era mai visto prima in questo genere. Come il leggendario uccello Fenice risorgente dalle ceneri "Fenice Tranquilla" intende aiutare nello specifico tutti gli introversi o persone Tranquille affinché si tirino su da sé, ricordandogli costantemente che l'introversione NON è un handicap di cui vergognarsi. Infatti, gli Introversi sono considerati avere sorprendenti poteri di concentrazione, impegno nell'ascolto, e una capacità di nutrire relazioni profonde con amici e clienti. Complessivamente, "Fenice Tranquilla" è una storia incredibile che Prasenjeet Kumar condivide, con arguzia e incanto, del viaggio dall'essere un Avvocato d'Azienda al diventare un Autore-Imprenditore a Tempo Pieno usando la sua introversione come punto di forza per superare tutti gli ostacoli.