Breeze Barrington

The Graces (MP3-Download)

The Extraordinary Untold Lives of Women at the Restoration Court Ungekürzte Lesung. 600 Min.

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Produktbeschreibung

A spellbinding work of history that uncovers the inner lives and work of Maria of Modena and her 'graces', the extraordinary women who practiced art, poetry and politics within the misogyny of the Jacobite court. In 1673, fifteen-year-old Maria d'Este travelled from Italy to marry James, Duke of York, the future King of England and a man twenty-five years her senior. Thrust from a pious life on the path to become a nun, at the debauched court of Charles II she set about recreating the world she'd left behind – a world where women were highly educated, exercised power and celebrated art and artists with concentrated patronage. The Graces resurrects the life of Maria, later Mary of Modena, and those of the extraordinary young women she surrounded herself with at the Restoration court. From Sarah Jennings, later Sarah Churchill, keen politician and 'favourite' of Queen Anne, to revered poet Anne Finch and founder of legendary literary salon Hortense Mancini, these were women who defied the conventions of their time and the forces of misogyny working against them. The era they lived through would be one of the most tumultuous England had seen: one where parliament would invite a foreign power in the form of William of Orange to invade England, depose its king, and risk thrusting the country back into civil war. What is much less known is that within this world existed another: a world of female friendship, learning and artistic endeavour. The Graces is that story.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Juli 2025
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781526663795
• Artikelnr.: 73198192

Autorenporträt

Breeze Barrington is a cultural historian specialising in the artistic cultures of the seventeenth century, with particular focus on women’s history and female artists. As an arts writer and critic, she has written for outlets including the Financial Times and the TLS, and has appeared as a guest on podcasts including History Hack and Talking Tudors. She has also worked as a consultant for Working Title and Monumental Pictures. She currently teaches literature at the University of Cambridge and is an Associate Fellow of the Royal Historical Society.