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A raging storm in 1778 sees John Hadley and his sons lost at sea. From then, the lives of the inhabitants are tangled together, until present day when the history of the house, its ghosts and the tragedies yet to come arrive at a dramatic climax.
The Women of the Cousins' War: The Duchess, the Queen and the King's Mother is a 2011 book by historical novelist Philippa Gregory and historians David Baldwin and Michael K. Jones. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It is a non-fiction work that explores the lives of three prominent women of the historical Wars of the Roses , all of whom Gregory has featured ...
In response, Blackbird built an addition to his house to serve as the post office. However, Blackbird was removed as postmaster in 1877. [3] Blackbird remained in the house until his death in 1908. [2] Blackbird's wife, Elizabeth, continued to live in the house until her death in 1920. Her two sons lived there until their deaths, the last in ...
Women who fought in the war were met with the ambivalence that fluctuated between admiration and contempt, depending on the particular woman's motivation and activity. Devotion to following a man was admired, while those who seemed enticed by the enlistment bounty warranted the scorn of enlisted men.
McMillan’s previous books include “The Gilded Age,” a reimagining of Edith Wharton’s “The House of Mirth,” and “The Necklace,” an Ohio-set melodrama about a woman who’s been made ...
Darnall's Chance House Museum is a historic house museum which opened to the public in 1988. It is operated by the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission . The tour at Darnall's Chance focuses on the life of Lettice Lee, as she lived in the house for almost thirty years, married three times, and was an unusual 18th-century woman.
John Alden (c. 1598 - September 12, 1687) [1] was an English politician, settler, and cooper, best known for being a crew member on the historic 1620 voyage of the Mayflower which brought the English settlers commonly known as Pilgrims to Plymouth Colony in Massachusetts.
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