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<p>Bess of Hardwick's Letters is the first book-length study of the c. 250 letters to and from the remarkable Elizabethan dynast, matriarch and builder of houses Bess of Hardwick (c. 1527-1608). By surveying the complete correspondence, author Alison Wiggins uncovers the wide range of uses to which Bess put letters: they were vital to her engagement in the overlapping realms of politics, patronage, business, legal negotiation, news-gathering and domestic life. Much more than a case study of Bess

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Author

Alison Wiggins

Publisher

Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group

Published

2016

Language

EN

ISBN

9781409461296

Category

history

Subjects

Literary Criticism, Historical Fiction, History

Updated

2026-03-25