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Sisters In The Wilderness: The Lives Of Susanna Moodie And Catharine Parr Traill
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Include books by the same authorThe Brontës: Wild Genius on the Moors: The Story of Three Sisters
Juliet Barker · 1,158 pages
A history of the Brontë family is based on years of research and correspondence by each family member, challenging traditionally accepted portraits of the patriarchal Patrick and revealing Charlotte's ruthless nature.
The Scarlet Sisters: Sex, Suffrage, and Scandal in the Gilded Age
Myra MacPherson · 401 pages
Describes the adventures of two sisters who tried to overcome the male-dominated social norms of the late nineteenth century and achieved a remarkable list of firsts, including the first woman-run brokerage house and the first woman to run for president.
Take Six Girls: The Lives of the Mitford Sisters
Laura Thompson · 480 pages
The Peabody Sisters: Three Women Who Ignited American Romanticism
Megan Marshall · 602 pages
The Viceroy's Daughters: The Lives of the Curzon Sisters
Anne de Courcy · 464 pages
The Sisters of Sinai: How Two Lady Adventurers Discovered the Hidden Gospels
Janet Martin Soskice · 334 pages
Written about Agnes Lewis and Margaret Gibson, 50ish twin sisters who travelled to Sinai around 1892 to visit the Convent of Saint Catherine to explore the library there, where they made a stunning discovery that changed the world's perception of the Gospels. You might also like to read Gibson's account, [*How the Codex Was Found*][1]. [1]: http://openlibrary.org/works/OL1106971W/How_the_co
Princesses: The Six Daughters of George III
Flora Fraser · 477 pages
Mary Boleyn: The Mistress of Kings
Alison Weir · 364 pages
Presents a historical profile of Henry VIII's mistress and the sister of Anne Boleyn, examining her affair with Francis I of France, rise and fall in the Tudor court, and obscure later years after she married for love.
The Romanov Sisters: The Lost Lives of the Daughters of Nicholas and Alexandra
Helen Rappaport · 518 pages
"They were the Princess Dianas of their day--perhaps the most photographed and talked about young royals of the early twentieth century. The four captivating Russian Grand Duchesses--Olga, Tatiana, Maria and Anastasia Romanov--were much admired for their happy dispositions, their looks, the clothes they wore and their privileged lifestyle. Over the years, the story of the four Romanov sisters and
Bolivar: American Liberator
Marie Arana · 603 pages
An authoritative portrait of the Latin-American warrior-statesman draws on a wealth of primary documents to set his life against a backdrop of the explosive tensions of 19th-century South America, providing coverage of such topics as his role in the 1813 campaign for Colombian and Venezuelan independence, his legendary love affairs and his achievements as a strategist, abolitionist and diplomat.
Aristocrats: Caroline, Emily, Louisa, and Sarah Lennox, 1740-1832
Stella Tillyard · 464 pages
Four Queens: The Provençal Sisters Who Ruled Europe
Nancy Goldstone · 352 pages
Four accomplished sisters who rose from near obscurity to become the most powerful women in EuropeSet against the backdrop of the turbulent thirteenth century, a time of chivalry and crusades, poetry, knights, and monarchs comes the story of the four beautiful daughters of the count of Provence whose brilliant marriages made them the queens of France, England, Germany, and Sicily.From a cultured c
The Sisters: The Saga of the Mitford Family
Mary S. Lovell · 611 pages
"This is the story of a close, loving family splintered by the violent ideologies of Europe between the wars. Jessica was a Communist; Debo became the Duchess of Devonshire; Nancy, the eldest, was one of the best-selling novelists of her day; the ethereally beautiful Diana, married to the Fascist leader Sir Oswald Mosley and imprisoned without trial through most of World War II, was the most hate
Gertrude Bell: Queen of the Desert, Shaper of Nations
Georgina Howell · 512 pages
She has been called the female Lawrence of Arabia, which, while not inaccurate, fails to give Gertrude Bell her due. She was at one time the most powerful woman in the British Empire: a nation builder, the driving force behind the creation of modern-day Iraq. Born into privilege in 1868, Bell turned her back on Victorian society, choosing to read history at Oxford and going on to become an archaeo
Stanley: The Impossible Life of Africa's Greatest Explorer
Tim Jeal · 608 pages
We think of Stanley as a cruel imperialist who connived with King Leopold II of Belgium in horrific crimes against the people of the Congo--and the journalist who conducted the most legendary celebrity interview in history, opening with, "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?" But these perceptions are not quite true, as biographer Jeal shows. With access to previously closed Stanley family archives, Jeal r
Desert Queen: The Extraordinary Life of Gertrude Bell: Adventurer, Adviser to Kings, Ally of Lawrence of Arabia
Janet Wallach · 419 pages
Reared in the comfortable and privileged world of the "eminent Victorians," Gertrude Bell turned her back on convention and sought adventure in Arab lands. Traveling numerous times through the Syrian Desert and, at risk to her life, through the great Arabian desert of the Nejd - the last European to do so before the eruption of World War I - she wrote of her travels in widely acclaimed books. T
Jonathan Edwards
George M. Marsden · 640 pages
"Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758) is a towering figure in American history. A controversial theologian and the author of the famous sermon Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God, he ignited the momentous Great Awakening of the eighteenth century." "In this biography, Jonathan Edwards emerges as both a great American and a brilliant Christian. George M. Marsden evokes the world of colonial New England in
The Africa House: The True Story of an English Gentleman and His African Dream
Christina Lamb · 384 pages
American Jezebel: The Uncommon Life of Anne Hutchinson, the Woman Who Defied the Puritans
Eve LaPlante · 312 pages
Captain Sir Richard Francis Burton
Edward Rice · 522 pages
David Livingstone: Africa's Trailblazer (Christian Heroes: Then & Now)
Janet Benge, Geoff Benge · 214 pages