The Graces: The Untold Lives of Women at the Restoration Court
Autor Breeze Barringtonen Limba Engleză Paperback – 23 apr 2026
'Gripping' GARETH RUSSELL, author of Queen James
'Illuminating' ALICE HUNT, THE TIMES
'Refreshing, immersive and compelling' CLARE JACKSON, author of The Mirror of Great Britain
A spellbinding work of history that uncovers the inner lives and work of Maria of Modena and her 'graces', the extraordinary women who practiced art, poetry and politics within the misogyny of the Restoration court.
In 1673, fifteen-year-old Maria d'Este travelled from Italy to marry James, the future King of England, who was twenty-five years her senior. At the debauched Restoration court, Maria recreated the world she'd left behind - one in which women were highly educated, exercised power and celebrated art and artists with concentrated patronage.
From Sarah Churchill, keen politician and 'favourite' of Queen Anne, to revered poet Anne Finch and founder of a legendary literary salon Hortense Mancini, the women Maria surrounded herself with defied the conventions of their time. The Graces resurrects their lives, shedding light on a hidden world of female friendship, education and artistic endeavour.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781526663764
ISBN-10: 1526663767
Pagini: 352
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 mm
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Bloomsbury Publishing
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 1526663767
Pagini: 352
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 mm
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Bloomsbury Publishing
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
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Recenzii
Illuminating . . . Barrington, who is a specialist on art, writes beautifully about rooms, clothes, tapestries and paintings . . . The women's lives are reconstructed through the little that has survived - fragments of manuscripts, a panel from a series of paintings, a music score . . . As books about the seventeenth century enjoy a deserved boom, The Graces' focus on women and court culture is timely
Deftly researched . . . A much-needed retelling
The Graces is impressively original and ingenious, not just in Barrington's use of overlooked continental sources and her fresh readings of better-known British ones, but also in the whole form of the book: an inventive blend of biography (Mary of Modena's) with group biography, which brings the talented women of the Restoration Court gracefully to life
In The Graces, Barrington showcases the rich constellation of female artistic, literary and cultural creativity spearheaded by one of Stuart Britain's most overlooked queens: Maria of Modena. A refreshing, immersive and compelling corrective to conventional accounts of the Restoration court
Thoroughly researched and gripping to read, this book brings us into the decadent Stuart court on the eve of a second revolution, told through the stories of its brilliant, overlooked women
Vivid and moving, The Graces puts women at the centre. Resurrecting the brave yet forgotten queen, Maria of Modena, Breeze Barrington also brings to life the women around her - women who, in surprisingly creative ways, navigated their dangerous political times with intelligence, artistic flair and, above all, with grace. Elegant and eye-opening
In this sparkling study of Mary of Modena and her circle, Britain's only Italian queen is brought vividly to life. Breeze Barrington has rescued her from centuries of condescension and shown us a brave, intelligent and cultured woman who forged her own identity amid the capricious and vulgar world of the Restoration Court
At last, some of the most fascinating, important, yet overlooked characters from the later Stuart court have found their champion in Breeze Barrington. This superb book weaves history, politics, literature and art together with real originality
Deftly researched . . . A much-needed retelling
The Graces is impressively original and ingenious, not just in Barrington's use of overlooked continental sources and her fresh readings of better-known British ones, but also in the whole form of the book: an inventive blend of biography (Mary of Modena's) with group biography, which brings the talented women of the Restoration Court gracefully to life
In The Graces, Barrington showcases the rich constellation of female artistic, literary and cultural creativity spearheaded by one of Stuart Britain's most overlooked queens: Maria of Modena. A refreshing, immersive and compelling corrective to conventional accounts of the Restoration court
Thoroughly researched and gripping to read, this book brings us into the decadent Stuart court on the eve of a second revolution, told through the stories of its brilliant, overlooked women
Vivid and moving, The Graces puts women at the centre. Resurrecting the brave yet forgotten queen, Maria of Modena, Breeze Barrington also brings to life the women around her - women who, in surprisingly creative ways, navigated their dangerous political times with intelligence, artistic flair and, above all, with grace. Elegant and eye-opening
In this sparkling study of Mary of Modena and her circle, Britain's only Italian queen is brought vividly to life. Breeze Barrington has rescued her from centuries of condescension and shown us a brave, intelligent and cultured woman who forged her own identity amid the capricious and vulgar world of the Restoration Court
At last, some of the most fascinating, important, yet overlooked characters from the later Stuart court have found their champion in Breeze Barrington. This superb book weaves history, politics, literature and art together with real originality