{"product_id":"9780099590224","title":"Devices and Desires : Bess of Hardwick and the Building of Elizabethan England","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor(s): Hubbard, Kate, \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 07\/11\/2019,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 384 pages,\u003cbr\u003e Series: N\/A, \u003cbr\u003eImprint: Vintage,\u003cbr\u003e Published By: Vintage Publishing,\u003cbr\u003e Book Classification: History of architecture, Biography: historical political \u0026amp; military, British \u0026amp; Irish history\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9780099590224\u003cbr\u003e Description: \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe remarkable story of Bess of Hardwick, her ascent through Elizabethan society and the houses she built that shaped British architectural history. Born in 1521, Bess of Hardwick, businesswoman, money-lender and property tycoon, lived an astonishing eighty-seven years. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThrough canny choices, four husbands and a will of steel she rose from country squire's daughter to Dowager Countess, establishing herself as one of the richest and most powerful women in England, second only to Queen Elizabeth.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBess forged her way not merely by judicious marriage, but by shrewd exploitation of whatever assets each marriage brought. W\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eealth took concrete form in her passion for building and she oversaw every stage of the construction of her four houses including Hardwick New Hall, her sole surviving building, which stands as a celebration of one woman's triumphant progress through Elizabethan England.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Winstones","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":35021415088281,"sku":"9780099590224","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0423\/0240\/6809\/products\/9780099590224.jpg?v=1602540612","url":"https:\/\/winstonebooks.pro\/products\/9780099590224","provider":"Winstone's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}