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Why did Agatha Christie spend her career pretending that she was "just" an ordinary housewife, when clearly she wasn't? 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. With access to rarely seen personal letters and papers, Lucy Worsley's biography is both authoritative and entertaining and makes us realize what an extraordinary pioneer Agatha Christie was—truly a woman who wrote the twentieth century.
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A delight and a revelation
- De theenglishmajor en 12-02-22
De: Lucy Worsley
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The Courtiers
- Splendor and Intrigue in the Georgian Court at Kensington Palace
- De: Lucy Worsley
- Narrado por: Heather Wilds
- Duración: 10 h y 42 m
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Kensington Palace is now most famous as the former home of Diana, Princess of Wales, but the palace's glory days came between 1714 and 1760, during the reigns of George I and II. In the eighteenth century, this palace was a world of skulduggery, intrigue, politicking, etiquette, wigs, and beauty spots, where fans whistled open like switchblades and unusual people were kept as curiosities.
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Annoying narrator
- De Heather en 04-11-24
De: Lucy Worsley
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Jane Austen at Home
- A Biography
- De: Lucy Worsley
- Narrado por: Ruth Redman
- Duración: 14 h y 15 m
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Take 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.
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As a Devoted Janeite - I loved this book!
- De Dorothy en 07-17-17
De: Lucy Worsley
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If Walls Could Talk
- An Intimate History of the Home
- De: Lucy Worsley
- Narrado por: Anne Flosnik
- Duración: 9 h y 43 m
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Why did the flushing toilet take two centuries to catch on? Why did medieval people sleep sitting up? When were the two "dirty centuries?" Why did gas lighting cause Victorian ladies to faint? Why, for centuries, did rich people fear fruit?In her brilliantly and creatively researched book, Lucy Worsley takes us through the bedroom, bathroom, living room, and kitchen.
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Compelling.
- De Kirsten en 06-05-12
De: Lucy Worsley
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My Name Is Victoria
- De: Lucy Worsley
- Narrado por: Henrietta Meire
- Duración: 6 h y 55 m
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Miss V. Conroy is good at keeping secrets. She likes to sit as quiet as a mouse, neat and discreet. But when her father sends her to Kensington Palace to become the companion to Princess Victoria, Miss V soon finds that she can no longer remain in the shadows. Her father is Sir John Conroy, confidant and financial advisor to Victoria's mother, and he has devised a strict set of rules for the young princess that he calls the Kensington System.
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history and a twist
- De Kindle Customer en 08-02-18
De: Lucy Worsley
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Queen Victoria: Twenty-Four Days That Changed Her Life
- De: Lucy Worsley
- Narrado por: Lucy Paterson
- Duración: 13 h y 48 m
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Perhaps one of the best known of the English monarchs, Queen Victoria forever shaped a chapter of English history, bequeathing her name to the Victorian age. In Queen Victoria, Lucy Worsley introduces this iconic woman in a new light. Going beyond an exploration of the queen merely as a monarch, Worsley considers Victoria as a woman leading a truly extraordinary life in a unique time period.
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Gloriana!
- De Karen en 01-21-19
De: Lucy Worsley
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Agatha Christie
- An Elusive Woman
- De: Lucy Worsley
- Narrado por: Lucy Worsley
- Duración: 13 h y 46 m
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Why did Agatha Christie spend her career pretending that she was "just" an ordinary housewife, when clearly she wasn't? 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. With access to rarely seen personal letters and papers, Lucy Worsley's biography is both authoritative and entertaining and makes us realize what an extraordinary pioneer Agatha Christie was—truly a woman who wrote the twentieth century.
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A delight and a revelation
- De theenglishmajor en 12-02-22
De: Lucy Worsley
Lo que los oyentes dicen sobre Maid of the King's Court
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- 12-13-19
Phenomenal
What an adventure to read! Please give us more stories like this!!! I finished it in 3 days!
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- Kathy Williamson
- 05-28-22
Good stuff
Lucy Worsley brings a wealth of research and insight to this imagining of the life of her fictional Elizabeth Camperdowne. I would reserve this for older teens due to some mature sexual content. The ending is predictable but it is nevertheless an enjoyable listen, full of rich background and decorations worthy of the age.
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- Laura A. Johnson
- 04-20-18
NOT a Youth Book
This book is marketed as a book for teens/young adult, but I feel the themes in this story are largely adult. Chapter 21 in particular talks about Eliza feeling the the King’s “wood” pressed against her backside. It also talks about maids sneaking off into closets with young men, and the king’s impotence. It has a good story line and The voice-acting was great, but I would not allow a teen to read this.
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- Cynthia Sally Haggard
- 08-03-17
Such a pity it ignored the facts
Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not?
Lucy Worsley is SO entertaining on TV and she knows such a lot about life in the past. In her notes, she says she conceived this novel to make Katherine Howard come alive as a person, not just the "silly girl" she is often dismissed as. (She was only 19 when she was executed and modern research has shown that teenagers are not particularly good at making judgements.)
I was SO DISAPPOINTED therefore, that certain KEY facts about Katherine Howard's life were LEFT OUT!
What could Lucy Worsley have done to make this a more enjoyable book for you?
Certain KEY FIGURES in Katherine's story should have been portrayed in this novel, viz. LADY ROCHFORD (Anne Boleyn sister-in-law) who acted as procuress for Katherine's lovers, Francis DEREHAM the music master AND TOM CULPEPPER, who was the lover dallying with Katherine while she was Queen.
Recent research has suggested that Culpepper raped Katherine when she was 13, and then blackmailed her about it when she became Queen, demanding sexual favors in return for his silence.
I DON'T think these facts would have turned Katherine into a martyr, but have made her MORE INTERESTING!!
What about Elizabeth Knowelden’s performance did you like?
Her voices were very good.
Do you think Maid of the King's Court needs a follow-up book? Why or why not?
No. I think it needs to be rewritten along the lines above. Personally, I found the narrator distracting because she was so much like Princess Elizabeth. I think it would have been more helpful to find someone who had ordinary brown hair and therefore DIDN'T resemble anyone famous. That could easily be done with a few tweaks.
Any additional comments?
Unfortunately, I am so disappointed by the quality of this book, I DON'T think I will be reading any more books by Lucy Worsley.
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- DanBudda
- 05-21-17
WAY too stupid to live... WAY to boring to listen..
If you like stories of simpering, stupid maidens that could not possibly have any basis in fact, of dumb clucks that learn nothing about themselves or the world they live in and to top it off, preposterous endings that only romantic schoolgirls might appreciate, then by all means have at this drivel. Otherwise, spend a credit on one of the author's non fiction works. This is brainless junk.
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