Infamous Women - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Infamous Women write by . This book was released on 1992-10. Infamous Women available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Short biographical sketches of infamous women throughout history including Messalina, Lucrezia Borgia, Catherine De' Medici and Mata Hari ; includes costumes available to color.
Famous Women
Famous Women - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Famous Women write by Giovanni Boccaccio. This book was released on 2003. Famous Women available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Giovanni Boccaccio devoted the last decades of his life to compiling encyclopedic works in Latin. Among them is this text, the first collection of biographies in Western literature devoted to women.
Scandalous Women
Scandalous Women - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Scandalous Women write by Elizabeth Kerri Mahon. This book was released on 2011-03-01. Scandalous Women available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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.
Infamous Essex Women
Infamous Essex Women - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Infamous Essex Women write by Dee Gordon. This book was released on 2009-01-01. Infamous Essex Women available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Here are Essex Girls in a different light to the stereotype of modern public expectation. Murderers, mayhem-makers, swindlers, witches, smugglers and lustful adulteresses have played a part in the darker side of the county's history. From the thirteenth century onwards, Essex has produced more than its fair share of infamous women. Some got their comeuppance, some profited from their infamy and others were misguided, or with the benefit of hindsight, misjudged. The reader will find a plethora of women to hate, ridicule or secretly admire in Dee Gordon's new book. Some of the characters featured here might horrify or mystify, others will provoke empathy or disbelief, but all tales are authenticated by hours of research. Read, learn, squirm - and smile!
Behind Every Great Man
Behind Every Great Man - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Behind Every Great Man write by Marlene Wagman-Geller. This book was released on 2015-03-03. Behind Every Great Man available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Who Said Men Get to Monopolize the Glory? Discover the Little Known Women Who Have Put the World's Alpha Males on the Map. From ancient times to the present, men have gotten most of the good ink. Yet standing just outside the spotlight are the extraordinary, and overlooked, wives and companions who are just as instrumental in shaping the destinies of their famous—and infamous—men. This witty, illuminating book reveals the remarkable stories of forty captivating females, from Constance Lloyd (Mrs. Oscar Wilde) to Carolyn Adams (Mrs. Jerry Garcia), who have stood behind their legendary partners and helped to humanize them, often at the cost of their own careers, reputations, and happiness. Through fame and its attendant ills—alcoholism, infidelity, mental illness, divorce, and even attempted murder—these powerful women quietly propelled their men to the top and changed the course of history. Meet the Untold Half of History, Including: •Alma Reville (Mrs. Alfred Hitchcock) •Elena Diakonova (Mrs. Salvador Dali) •Winifred Madikizela (Mrs. Nelson Mandela) •Ann Charteris (Mrs. Ian Fleming, a.k.a. Mrs. James Bond) •Ruth Alpern (Mrs. Bernie Maddoff) And 35 more!
