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Languages : en
Pages : 208
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Leicesters Common-wealth
Author: Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, and the World of Elizabethan Art
Author: Elizabeth GoldringPublisher: Paul Mellon Ctr for Studies
ISBN: 9780300192247
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 380
Book Description
This book is the first comprehensive survey of aristocratic art collecting and patronage in Elizabethan England, as seen through the activities of Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester (ca. 1532-1588). One of the most fascinating and controversial people of his day, Leicester was also the most important patron of painters at the Elizabethan court. He amassed a substantial art collection, including commissioned works by Nicholas Hilliard, Paolo Veronese, and Federico Zuccaro; helped foster the birth of an English vernacular discourse on the visual arts; and was an early exponent, in England, of the Italian Renaissance view of the painter as the practitioner of a liberal art and, thus, fit company for the educated and well-born. Although Leicester’s picture collection and personal papers were widely dispersed after his death, this volume’s pioneering research reconstructs his lost world and, with it, a turning point in the history of British art. Some of the paintings featured here are little-known images from private collections, never before reproduced in color.
His Last Letter
Author: Jeane WestinPublisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101458844
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 279
Book Description
One of the greatest loves of all time-between Elizabeth I and Robert Dudley-comes to life in this vivid novel. They were playmates as children, impetuous lovers as adults-and for thirty years were the center of each others' lives. Astute to the dangers of choosing any one man, the Virgin Queen could never give her "Sweet Robin" what he wanted most-marriage- yet she insisted he stay close by her side. Possessive and jealous, their love survived quarrels, his two disastrous marriages to other women, her constant flirtations, and political machinations with foreign princes. His Last Letter tells the story of this great love... and especially of the last three years Elizabeth and Dudley spent together, the most dangerous of her rule, when their passion was tempered by a bittersweet recognition of all that they shared-and all that would remain unfulfilled.
The Voyage of Robert Dudley, Afterwards Styled Earl of Warwick and Leicester and Duke of Northumberland, to the West Indies, 1594-1595
Author: Wyatt (Capt.)Publisher: London : Hakluyt Society
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Category : West Indies
Languages : en
Pages : 212
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Lord Robert
Author: Jean PlaidyPublisher: Random House
ISBN: 1446411834
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
Perfect for fans of Philippa Gregory, this is the wonderfully atmospheric, enthralling and vivid depiction of Elizabeth I's ardent and emotional love affair with Robert Dudley from international multi-million copy bestseller Jean Plaidy. 'Full-blooded, dramatic, exciting' -- Observer 'Outstanding' -- Vanity Fair 'It is hard to better Jean Plaidy when she is in form' -- Daily Mirror 'I couldn't put it down' -- ***** Reader review 'A compelling read' -- ***** Reader review 'I was gripped from the first page' -- ***** Reader review ************************************************************************************ In the grim recesses of the Tower of London, two captives begin a passionate love affair that will last years but is destined to destroy them; one is Robert Dudley, the other is the future Queen of England, Elizabeth I. Pardoned by Queen Mary, Dudley and Elizabeth are freed, but their mutual longing must be from a distance: Dudley is married, and as the next heir to the throne, Elizabeth must tread carefully...
Elizabeth I and Her Circle
Author: Susan DoranPublisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0199574952
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 418
Book Description
The inside story of Elizabeth I's inner circle and the crucial human relationships which lay at the heart of her personal and political life. It is a vivid and often dramatic account, offering a deeper insight into Elizabeth's emotional and political conduct, and challenging many popular myths about her.
Life of Sir Robert Dudley, Earl of Warwick and Duke of Northumberland
Author: John Temple LeaderMemoirs of Robert Dudley
Author: Robert Dudley LeicesterPublisher: Franklin Classics Trade Press
ISBN: 9780344175473
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
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The Italian biography of sir Robert Dudley. To which are added, some biographical notices of dame Alice Dudley his wife, as also of their four daughters
Author: Vaughan ThomasThe Uncrowned Kings of England
Author: Derek WilsonPublisher: Constable
ISBN: 1472112490
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 378
Book Description
In the political ferment of the Tudor century one family above all others was always at the troubled centre of court and council. During those years the Dudleys were never far from controversy. Three of them were executed for treason. They were universally condemned as scheming, ruthless, over-ambitious charmers, and one was defamed as a wife murderer. Yet Edmund Dudley was instrumental in establishing the financial basis of the Tudor dynasty, and John Dudley, Duke of Northumberland, led victorious armies, laid the foundations of the Royal Navy, ruled as uncrowned king and almost succeeded in placing Lady Jane Grey on the throne. The most famous of them all, Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, came the closest to marrying Elizabeth I, was her foremost favourite for 30 years and governed the Netherlands in her name, while his successor, Sir Robert Dudley, was one of the Queen's most audacious seadogs in the closing years of her reign, but fell foul of James I. Thus the fortunes of this astonishing family rose and fell with those of the royal line they served faithfully through a tumultuous century. see www.derekwilson.com