Tato autorka se hluboce noří do minulosti a přináší živé a pronikavé portréty historických postav a období. Její práce se vyznačuje důrazem na méně známé aspekty historie a životy těch, kteří byli často přehlíženi. Čtenáře zaujme svým přístupem, který odhaluje lidskost a složitost historických událostí. Prostřednictvím svého psaní nabízí svěží pohled na klíčové momenty a osobnosti, které formovaly naši současnost.
Agatha Christie byla geniální autorkou mnoha slavných detektivních románů, stvořila takové postavy jako Hercule Poirota, slečna Marplová, sama ale vystupovala jako „obyčejná žena v domácnosti, přestože jí zjevně nebyla. Její život je plný tajemství a záhad, stejně jako její knihy. Narodila se v roce 1890 do světa, v němž si ženy obtížně…
'One brilliant woman writing about another: an irresistible combination.' - Antonia Fraser 'One of the most delightful biographies I have ever read.' - A.N. Wilson 'Reading Worsley is as enjoyable as reading Christie herself.' - Ruth Scurr 'Full of unique insight, eye opening detail, sharp analysis... Gripping.' - Kate Williams 'Nobody in the world was more inadequate to act the heroine than I was.' Why did Agatha Christie spend her career pretending that she was 'just' an ordinary housewife, when clearly she wasn't? As Lucy Worsley says, 'She was thrillingly, scintillatingly modern'. She went surfing in Hawaii, she loved fast cars, and she was intrigued by the new science of psychology, which helped her through devastating mental illness. So why - despite all the evidence to the contrary - did Agatha present herself as a retiring Edwardian lady of leisure? She was born in 1890 into a world which had its own rules about what women could and couldn't do. Lucy Worsley's biography is not just of an internationally renowned bestselling writer. It's also the story of a person who, despite the obstacles of class and gender, became an astonishingly successful working woman. With access to personal letters and papers that have rarely been seen, Lucy Worsley's biography is both authoritative and entertaining and makes us realise what an extraordinary pioneer Agatha Christie was - truly a woman who wrote the twentieth century.
Kdo byla královna Viktorie? Romantická princezna, jež milovala tanec? Nesmírně schopná vladařka, která monarchii dala nový smysl? Zatrpklá přísná paní, která mnoho let neodložila smutek a žila v ústraní? Prostřednictvím Viktoriiných deníků, korespondence a dalších dokumentů nám dává autorka nahlédnout do soukromí ženy, jež téměř čtyřiašedesát let panovala nejen Spojenému království Velké Británie a Irska, ale i obrovské říši, kde žila čtvrtina tehdejší světové populace. Dozvíme se, jak si počínala v roli dcery, manželky a matky, jak se jí podařilo stát se respektovanou královnou v době, kdy si lidé nepřáli vidět na trůně ženu, jak se vyrovnávala se společenskými konvencemi a co prožívala po manželově smrti. Obraz, který autorka detailně vykresluje, ukazuje rozporuplnou bytost mnoha tváří, která si dodnes zaslouží zájem historiků.
Would she ever find a real-life husband? Would she even find a partner to dance with at tonight's ball? She just didn't know. Anna Austen has always been told she must marry rich. Her future depends upon it. While her dear cousin Fanny has a little more choice, she too is under pressure to find a suitor. But how can either girl know what she wants? Is finding love even an option? The only person who seems to have answers is their Aunt Jane. She has never married. In fact, she's perfectly happy, so surely being single can't be such a bad thing? The time will come for each of the Austen girls to become the heroines of their own stories. Will they follow in Jane's footsteps? In this witty, sparkling novel of choices, popular historian LUCY WORSLEY brings alive the delightful life of Jane Austen as you've never seen it before. 'Enter the world of Jane Austen, with a cast of characters as you've never seen them before. This delightful coming-of-age story... features strong female characters and a plot that tackles the struggles women faced during the period' - Historic Royal Palace Inside Story Magazine
Re-examining history from a female perspective, this book celebrates the numerous important roles women have played in culture and society that are less often told.Packed full of evocative images, this gloriously illustrated book reveals the key events in women's history - from early matriarchal societies through women's suffrage, the Suffragette movement, 20th-century feminism and gender politics, to recent movements such as #MeToo and International Women's Day - and the key role women have had in shaping our past.Learn about the everyday lives of women through the ages as well as the big ?names of women's history - powerful, inspirational, and trailblazing women such as Cleopatra, Florence Nightingale, Emmeline Pankhurst, Eva Peron, and Rosa Parks - and discover the unsung contributions of lesser-known women who have changed the world, and the "forgotten" events of women's history.Placing women firmly centre stage, Women - Our History shows women where they have come from, and, in celebrating the achievements of women of the past offers positive role models for women of today
Historian, author and TV presenter Lucy Worsley delves into the detail of Queen Victoria's life in this major new biography published to celebrate the 200th anniversary of her birth.
Mary Tudor's world is turned upside-down when her father, Henry the Eighth, declares his marriage to her mother is over and that Mary isn't really his child. How can he do such a thing? Banished from court and separated from her beloved mother, Mary realises her family will never be as she hoped. Alone for the first time in her life, Mary must fight for what is rightfully hers. Despite what anyone says, she will always be a princess. It is in her blood. But without her fierce mother by her side, will Mary find the strength? Is there anyone Mary can trust? And how will she survive?
Nové a neotřelé vyprávění o životě Jane Austenové osvětluje, jak autorka žila, proč si zvolila svou cestu a jaké prostředí ji ovlivňovalo. Nešlo jen o venkovská sídla a taneční sály, šlo o život často plný bolestných bojů. Austenová zdánlivě proplouvala „životem bez událostí“, ale díky novým výzkumům a náhledům nám historička Lucy Worsleyová odhaluje vášnivou ženu bojující za svou svobodu. Ženu, která neodpovídala obrazu osamělé staré panny (ve skutečnosti dostala pětkrát nabídku k sňatku) a odmítala se usadit s kýmkoli menším, než byl její pan Darcy.
Eliza Rose Camperdowne is young and headstrong, but she knows her duty well. As the only daughter of a noble family, she must one day marry a man who is very grand and very rich.But Fate has other plans. When Eliza becomes a maid of honour, she's drawn into the thrilling, treacherous court of Henry the Eighth . . .Is her glamorous cousin Katherine Howard a friend or a rival?And can a girl choose her own destiny in a world ruled by men?
Murder - a dark, shameful deed, the last resort of the desperate or a vile tool of the greedy. And a very strange, very British obsession. But where did this fixation develop? And what does it tell us about ourselves? In A Very British Murder , Lucy Worsley explores this phenomenon in forensic detail, revisiting notorious crimes like the Ratcliff Highway Murders, which caused a nation-wide panic in the early nineteenth century, and the case of Frederick and Maria Manning, the suburban couple who were hanged after killing Maria's lover and burying him under their kitchen floor. Our fascination with crimes like these became a form of national entertainment, inspiring novels and plays, puppet shows and paintings, poetry and true-crime journalism. At a point during the birth of modern Britain, murder entered our national psyche, and it's been a part of us ever since. A Very British Murder is a unique exploration of the art of crime, and a riveting investigation into the British soul by one of our finest historians.
