| Author: |
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Mavis Cheek
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Amenable Women |
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No copies available |
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English |
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Paperback |
| Pages: |
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336 |
| Date: |
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2009-04-02 |
| ISBN: |
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0571238963 |
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Faber & Faber |
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0.62 pounds |
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4.96 x 0.87 x 7.64 inches |
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2 Theresa (United Kingdom), Curzon Tussaud (United Kingdom) |
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2 QCPL (Philippines), Ariadna (Thailand) |
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Product Description
Flora Chapman is in her fifties when her husband dies in a bizarre ballooning accident. Seizing upon her new found freedom, she decides to finish the history of their village that Edward had begun. A reference to Anne of Cleves, Henry VIII's fourth wife who he rejected for being ugly, captures her imagination as she begins to delve deeper into the life of this neglected figure. Meanwhile, in the Louvre, Holbein's portrait of Anne of Cleves senses the tug of a connection and she begins to tell the story of the injustices she suffered and just how she survived her marriage...
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Curzon Tussaud (United Kingdom) (2009/09/23):
In the wake of Flora's widowhood she decides to complete a village history which her husband Edward has been working on prior to his death in a ballooning accident. This involves research and study into Anne of Cleves, the unjustly rejected wife of Henry VIII, and (perhaps inevitably) we are drawn to notice striking similarities between Anne and Flora herself, and the circumstances in which each finds herself.
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http://bookmooch.com/0571238963 |
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