A Scandalous Woman

Author : Elizabeth Kerri Mahon
Publisher : National Geographic Books
ISBN 13 : 0399536450
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Scandalous Women written by Elizabeth Kerri Mahon and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2011-03-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Throughout history women have caused wars, defied the rules, and brought men to their knees. The famous and the infamous, queens, divorcées, actresses, and outlaws have created a ruckus during their lifetimes-turning heads while making waves. Scandalous Women tells the stories of the risk takers who have flouted convention, beaten the odds, and determined the course of world events. *When Cleopatra (69 BC-30 BC) wasn't bathing in asses' milk, the last pharaoh of the Ptolemaic dynasty ruled Egypt and forged an important political alliance with Rome against her enemies-until her dalliance with Marc Antony turned the empire against her. *Emilie du Châtelet (1706-1748), a mathematician, physicist, author, and paramour of one of the greatest minds in France, Voltaire, shocked society with her unorthodox lifestyle and intellectual prowess-and became a leader in the study of theoretical physics in France at a time when the sciences were ruled by men. *Long before Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on the bus, Ida B. Wells-Barnett (1862-1928) fought to end discrimination and the terrible crime of lynching and helped found the NAACP, but became known as a difficult woman for her refusal to compromise and was largely lost in the annals of history. *Gertrude Bell (1868-1926) had a passion for archaeology and languages, and left her privileged world behind to become one of the foremost chroniclers of British imperialism in the Middle East, and one of the architects of the modern nation of Iraq.

Author : Alan Chedzoy
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Scandalous Woman written by Alan Chedzoy and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Caroline Norton was separated from a husband who beat her, only to be deprived of her children. In this biography, the author reveals how she influenced public opinion and political circles to drive the Infant Custody Bill through Parliament and, in 1857, the first Divorce Act.

Author : Myrna Ivonne Wallace Fuentes
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN 13 : 0806159723
Total Pages : 330 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Most Scandalous Woman written by Myrna Ivonne Wallace Fuentes and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 2017-10-28 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1926 a young Peruvian woman picked up a gun, wrested her infant daughter from her husband, and liberated herself from the constraints of a patriarchal society. Magda Portal, a poet and journalist, would become one of Latin America’s most successful and controversial politicians. In this richly nuanced portrayal of Portal, historian Myrna Ivonne Wallace Fuentes chronicles the dramatic rise and fall of this prominent twentieth-century revolutionary within the broader history of leftist movements, gender politics, and literary modernism in Latin America. An early member of bohemian circles in Lima, La Paz, and Mexico City, Portal distinguished herself as the sole female founder of the American Popular Revolutionary Alliance (APRA). A leftist but non-Communist movement, APRA would dominate Peru’s politics for five decades. Through close analysis of primary sources, including Portal’s own poetry, correspondence, and other writings, Most Scandalous Woman illuminates Portal’s pivotal work in creating and leading APRA during its first twenty years, as well as her efforts to mobilize women as active participants in political and social change. Despite her successes, Portal broke with APRA in 1950 under bitter circumstances. Wallace Fuentes analyzes how sexism in politics interfered with Portal’s political ambitions, explores her relationships with family members and male peers, and discusses the ramifications of her scandalous love life. In charting the complex trajectory of Portal’s life and career, Most Scandalous Woman reveals what moves people to become revolutionaries, and the gendered limitations of their revolutionary alliances, in an engrossing narrative that brings to life Latin American revolutionary politics.

Author : Edna O'Brien
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780140040975
Total Pages : 159 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Scandalous Woman and Other Stories written by Edna O'Brien and published by . This book was released on 1976-01 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Hallie Rubenhold
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 147352475X
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Scandalous Lady W written by Hallie Rubenhold and published by Random House. This book was released on 2015-07-16 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It was the divorce that scandalised Georgian England... She was a spirited young heiress. He was a handsome baronet with a promising career in government. Their marriage had the makings of a fairy tale but ended as one of the most salacious and highly publicised divorces in history. For over two hundred years the story of Lady Worsley, her vengeful husband, and her lover, George Maurice Bisset, lay forgotten. Now Hallie Rubenhold, in her impeccably researched book, throws open a window to a rarely seen view of Georgian England, one coloured by passion, adventure and the defiance of social convention. The Worsley's story, their struggles and outrageous lifestyle, promises to shock even the modern reader.

Author : Liana De la Rosa
Publisher : Entangled: Amara
ISBN 13 : 1640638741
Total Pages : 297 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book To Tame a Scandalous Lady written by Liana De la Rosa and published by Entangled: Amara. This book was released on 2019-10-21 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Sparkling, sensual, and oh-so-smart!" —Lenora Bell, USA Today bestselling author In the wake of a fire that decimates his racing stock, Christian Andrews, the Marquess of Amstead, struggles to keep his family’s stud farm from slipping into ruin and painstakingly rebuilds the program. When one of his prime stallions is injured, he notices his new assistant trainer has a special way with the horses. As talented as the trainer is, once he realizes he is a she...and a very beautiful, spirited she at that...he should sack her before scandal breaks. But it’s only weeks before the high stakes race he’s counting on to build back his fortune, and Flora should be by his side for the win. Miserable under the weight of the ton’s expectations, headstrong Lady Flora Campbell laments her privileged life in London. Embracing her dream of working with racehorses, she disguises herself as a lad and slips away to learn as much as she can from England’s premier expert, Christian Andrews, never thinking of the scandal she courts but the glory to be had. Although she develops tender feelings for the dashing marquess, she can never let on that she’s not only a woman, but the daughter of a duke... Each book in the Once Upon A Scandal series is STANDALONE: * To Love a Scandalous Duke * To Resist a Scandalous Rogue * To Tame a Scandalous Lady * To Tempt a Scandalous Lord

Author : Edna O'Brien
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780151795581
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Scandalous Woman, and Other Stories written by Edna O'Brien and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Gayle Callen
Publisher : Avon
ISBN 13 : 9780061783418
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book In Pursuit of a Scandalous Lady written by Gayle Callen and published by Avon. This book was released on 2010-04-27 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Entranced by a portrait, haunted by scandal, he would stop at nothing to learn the truth . . . even if it led to their utter ruin.

Author : Nicola Cornick
Publisher : HarperCollins Australia
ISBN 13 : 1742905048
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Whisper Of Scandal written by Nicola Cornick and published by HarperCollins Australia. This book was released on 2011-07-01 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lady Joanna Ware has no desire to wed again, but that doesn't stop the flurry of suitors knocking on her door. Desperate to thwart another proposal, she brazenly kisses Arctic explorer Lord Alex Grant. Unable to deny the blazing attraction that flares between them, Joanna knows she's just set the gossip mill turning. After suffering countless infidelities during her marriage, Joanna's accustomed to scandal. But nothing prepares her for the shocking news that her deceased husband has bequeathed his illegitimate child to her and his friend Alex. As rumours run rampant in the ton, Joanna and Alex travel to the Arctic to claim the orphan. Battling blizzards, dangerous wildlife and a treacherous plot, Alex must protect Joanna but not before he wickedly seduces her

Author : Nicola Cornick
Publisher : HQN Books
ISBN 13 : 9781426875694
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.9X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mistress by Midnight written by Nicola Cornick and published by HQN Books. This book was released on 2010-12-01 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Merryn Fenner is on a mission to ruin the Duke of Farne. A beautiful bluestocking with a penchant for justice, Merryn has waited ten years to satisfy her revenge against sensual, mysterious Garrick Northesk. Her family name had been tarnished at his hands, her life destroyed. And now she intends to return the favor—by finding the true heir to the duke's title and disinheriting Garrick. Yet when a disaster traps Merryn and Garrick together, white-hot desire stirs between the two sworn enemies. Her reputation utterly compromised, Merryn is forced to do the one thing she cannot bear: accept the scandalous marriage proposal of the man she has vowed to ruin.