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Devices and Desires: Bess of Hardwick and the Building of Elizabethan England Audiobook
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Listen to the full audiobook free with a 30-day trial at http://hotaudiobook.com/free/345481 Title: Devices and Desires: Bess of Hardwick and the Building of Elizabethan England Author: Kate Hubbard Narrator: Heather Wilds Format: Unabridged Length: 11 hrs 59 mins Language: English Release date: 2019-02-26 Publisher: HarperAudio Genres: Biography & Memoir, General Publisher's Summary: The critically acclaimed author of Serving Victoria brilliantly illuminates the life of the little-known Bess of Hardwick—next to Queen Elizabeth I, the richest and most powerful woman in sixteenth-century England. Aided by a quartet of judicious marriages and a shrewd head for business, Bess of Hardwick rose from humble beginnings to become one of the most respected and feared Countesses in Elizabethan England—an entrepreneur who built a family fortune, created glorious houses—the last and greatest built as a widow in her 70s—and was deeply involved in matters of the court, including the custody of Mary Queen of Scots. While