Incredibly well written and researched. I love the relev...ant notes at the bottom of many pages to help with my understanding of people, times, events etc. Very easy to read especially considering the staggering amount of information contained there-in. Bess of Hardwick was a truly fascinating and almost unique woman in a time when women had very few rights and I have loved reading about her life and how she achieved what she did. Mary Lovell has been very fair and even handed throughout and I thoroughly recommend this book.
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A superbly well written, excellently researched book with the co...mplete history of both halls at Hardwick, packed with appealing photographs and explanations. Very much a book for the serious historian, rather than the casual browser.
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Interesting detail about life in an Elizabethan household, a...lbeit an aristocratic one.
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bought after visit to Hardwick Hall as wanted to know mor...e. Great read.
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