Bess of Hardwick and the building of Elizabethan England
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Originally published: Great Britain : Chatto & Windus, an imprint of Vintage, 2018 Includes bibliographical references and index
Contents:
Prologue: Hardwick Hall, 1590 Derbyshire beginnings Sir William Cavendish Acquisition "Every man almost is a builder" "My honest swete Chatesworth" "This devil's devices" Countess of Shrewsbury The Scots Queen A dubious honour "Close dealing" "Great turmoil doth two houses breed" "The old song" "Send me Accres" "Civil wars" Mocking and mowing The old hall Smythson's Platt London, 1591 "More glass than wall" "Houshold stuff" "A scribbling melancholy" "It doth stick sore in her teeth" "Not over sumptuous" Afterword: Hardwick post Bess
