The graces : the extraordinary untold lives of women at the Restoration court
Barrington, Breeze2025
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In 1673, fifteen-year-old Maria d'Este travelled from Italy to marry James, Duke of York, the future King of England and a man twenty-five years her senior. Thrust from a pious life on the path to become a nun, at the debauched court of Charles II she set about recreating the world she'd left behind - a world where women were highly educated, exercised power and celebrated art and artists with concentrated patronage. 'The Graces' resurrects the life of Maria, later Mary of Modena, and those of the extraordinary young women she surrounded herself with at the Restoration court.
Main title:
The graces : the extraordinary untold lives of women at the Restoration court / Breeze Barrington.
Author:
Barrington, Breeze, author
Imprint:
London : Bloomsbury Circus, 2025.
Collation:
x, 337 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781526663788 (hbk. :)
Dewey class:
941.067092941.067941.06709252
Language:
English
Subject:
Mary, of Modena, Queen, consort of James II, King of England, 1658-1718Mary, of Modena, Queen, consort of James II, King of England, 1658-1718 -- Friends and associatesGreat Britain -- History -- James II, 1685-1688Great Britain -- Court and courtiers -- History -- 17th centuryRoyal households -- Great Britain -- History -- 17th centuryHistory
BRN:
8574313