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The Ordeal of Elizabeth
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An unforgettable family saga which revolves around the beautiful young Elizabeth. Elizabeth is orphaned and raised by her spinster aunts. As an adult, she finds herself trapped in a loveless marriage and ultimately falls in love with another man. After telling her lover the truth about her marriage - her husband is found murdered the very next day! This is a story of destiny, temptation, and courage of the heart.
An unforgettable family saga which revolves around the beautiful young Elizabeth. Elizabeth is orphaned and raised by her spinster aunts. As an adult, she finds herself trapped in a loveless marriage and ultimately falls in love with another man. After telling her lover the truth about her marriage - her husband is found murdered the very next day! This is a story of destiny, temptation, and courage of the heart.
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"I didn't know you were so worldly, Aunt Joanna," said Elizabeth, loftily. "Do you want me to marry for money?" Miss Joanna was crushed. But as she reflected in her own justification, one had to have something to eat, let lovers say what they would.
"My dear," said Miss Cornelia, coming to the rescue with the little air of dignity that she could sometimes assume "we certainly wouldn't want you—not for the world—to marry for money. But one has to be—to be prudent. We have brought you up in a way—perhaps it was unwise—poor Mother would have thought so. But at any rate you know nothing about economy, and—and you have only a. . . Read More
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Again, the three-and-a-half stars people are wack. This is a first-rate history of a peripatetic female Zelig of the late eighteenth century, one of those "just a person"s who found herself on the tides of history and washed up on three different continents. Colley does amazing things with a very li
The story of a fascinating, if somewhat unappealing, woman in the eighteenth century who is simultaneously addicted to and constantly chafes under the social expectations of a "lady." Marsh's chronic restlessness made me wonder to what degree impatience can pass for courage, as one's inability to wa
Be wary of the reviews of this book on Goodreads. In my opinion, The New York Times Book Review was much more sensible naming this one of their 10 Best Books of the Year for 2007.
Linda Colley’s The Ordeal of Elizabeth Marsh is an excellent historical account equal to the works of David McCullough a
Il titolo di questo libro farebbe pensare a una semplice biografia, mentre qui c'è molto di più. Raccontando la storia di una vita Linda Colley ricostruisce tutta un'epoca. Come dice lei stessa nell'epilogo, citando il romanziere John Galsworthy, "un modo per riassumere e rappresentare la storia di
In journalism, there's a saying: Show, don't tell. Sometimes I think other disciplines could learn from this. There is no question the author conducted an inordinate amount of research and pieced together information from multiple continents. The book's concept is fascinating -- using the life of an
In and of herself Elizabeth Marsh has little historical significance. She was not married to or related to any important historical figures; she played no major role in any wars, catastrophes, scandals, elections; her travels in Europe, North Africa and India, whilst unusual for a woman in her age,
A lot of the reviews here seem to be criticizing the book Colley didn't write. Yes, this is an academic work of history. Colley is a professor at Princeton, so to expect a work of pop history or journalism pretending to be history is foolish. As a historical study, it's very good. Colley uses the ve