Katie Whitaker

Auteur de A Royal Passion: The Turbulent Marriage of King Charles I of England and Henrietta Maria of France

3 oeuvres 203 utilisateurs 2 critiques

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Katie Whitaker was a Century Fellow at the University of Chicago where she received an M.A. in philosophy. With the support of a British Academy grant, she received a Ph.D. in the history of science at Cambridge University and was awarded the Thirlwall Prize and Medal in 1997 for the best original afficher plus historical research by a Cambridge scholar under thirty. She lives in Yorkshire, England afficher moins

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A Royal Passion: The Turbulent Marriage of King Charles I of England and Henrietta Maria of France (2010) 100 exemplaires

Mad Madge: The Extraordinary Life of Margaret, Duchess of Newcastle, the First Woman to Live by Her Pen (2002) 99 exemplaires

Mad Madge; the Duchess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne 4 exemplaires

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A lire (19) anglais (2) Angleterre (11) Biographie (31) Biographie littéraire (2) Biographie/Mémoires (2) Cavendish (2) Charles I as prince of Wales (1) Charles Ier (6) femmes (2) Grande-Bretagne (2) Guerre civile (2) Henriette Marie de France (2) Histoire (23) histoire anglaise (2) Histoire britannique (11) Histoire de l'Europe (4) Histoire des femmes (3) James I - international diplomacy (1) Margaret Cavendish (3) Mariage (2) mes propres livres (2) non-fiction (12) Première Révolution anglaise (6) royauté (9) Scotland C17th - Charles I (1) Scots army C17th (1) St James's Palace C17th (1) Strafford as Lord Deputy of Ireland 1632-9 (1) Strafford trial & execution 1640-41 (1) Stuart (3) Temps modernes (5) Thomas Wentworth KG 1593-1641 1st earl of Strafford [Lord Deputy of Ireland 1632-9] (1) Veut lire (2) Westminster Hall C17th (1) Whitehall Palace C17th (1) William II of Orange-Nassau 1626/1647-50 prince of Orange & Stadtholder (1) XVIIe siècle (8) Écriture (2) Écrivain (2)

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Nom canonique: Whitaker, Katie
Date de naissance: 1967
Sexe: female
Lieux de résidence: Yorkshire, England, UK
Études: Cambridge University, PhD, History of Science
University of Chicago, MA,

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A Royal Passion: The Turbulent Marriage of King… par Katie Whitaker

A good overview of the lives of Charles I and Henrietta Maria. Their marriage was considered politically advantageous. In spite of the politics, they loved each other, rare for a royal marriage in their time.

I didn't know much about these two people before reading this book, only that Charles lost his head and Henrietta lived in France. This book seeks to humanize them, and it hopes to dispel certain myths and legends surrounding the couple.

While the descriptions of the politics of the day could get extremely boring for me, I really enjoyed reading about the personal lives of Charles, Henrietta, and their family.

Enjoyable historical reading.… (plus d'informations)

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briandrewz | Nov 20, 2022 |

Mad Madge: Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle,… par Katie Whitaker

A good biography of an interesting woman. I think the author is making a bit of a special case, though -- even if the nickname Mad Madge is much later, she seems like a bit of a loony to me.

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annesadleir | Apr 14, 2011 |

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