 |  | | | Bess of Hardwick | 22 August 2005 | | |
Mary Lovell's reassessment of a powerful Tudor woman
A builder of great country houses including Chatsworth and Hardwick House, wife to four men, each one richer than the last, jailor of Mary Queen of Scots and shrewd businesswoman, Bess of Hardwick was the wealthiest and most powerful woman of the Tudor age, apart from Queen Elizabeth herself.
Portrayed since Elizabethan times as a hard and scheming woman, the biographer Mary Lovell uncovers a new aspect of Bess' life and character - as a brave, accomplished and exceptional woman.
Mary Lovell's book, Bess of Hardwick: First Lady of Chatsworth is published by Little Brown,
ISBN:0316724823
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