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Author
Publisher
Atria Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Born in 1559, Alice Spencer's family had made a small fortune in sheep farming and purchased a distinguished manor house called Althorp. With her sizable dowry, she married the heir to one of the most powerful aristocratic families in the country, becoming the Countess of Derby. Her husband's sudden death after he turned in a group of Catholics for plotting against Queen Elizabeth I changed Alice' future: her brother-in-law filed a lawsuit over her...
Author
Publisher
Atlantic Monthly Press, an imprint of Grove Atlantic
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First Grove Atlantic hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
xii, 412 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"In August 1939, Alice Marble graced the cover of Life magazine, photographed by the legendary Alfred Eisenstaedt. She was a worldwide celebrity, having that year won singles, women's doubles, and mixed doubles tennis titles at both Wimbledon and the US Open, then an unprecedented feat. Yet today one of America's greatest female athletes and most charismatic characters is largely forgotten. Queen of the Court places her back on center stage. Born...
Author
Publisher
Mariner Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
293 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
A former student at the elite School of American Ballet describes how the strict codes of that world, which included thinness, stoicism and submission, forced her to grapple with the contradictions and challenges of modern womanhood.
Author
Language
English
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Description
"A literary, historical exploration about the way in which our industrialized lives have made us sick--from diarist Alice James and the 19th century neuraesthenics to current day chronic and stress-related illnesses--that seeks to answer the question who gets sick, and why?"--
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