2018, ISBN: 9780801481574

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New York and London: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., 2017. xx, 311 pages, 8 unnumbered pages, colour illustrations, colour portraits; 25 cm. Tight, clean copy. Stated First Edition. Dus… Mehr…

New York and London: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., 2017. xx, 311 pages, 8 unnumbered pages, colour illustrations, colour portraits; 25 cm. Tight, clean copy. Stated First Edition. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. A fine copy of the first printing. "In this seductive, multilayered biography, based on original letters and diaries, Donna M. Lucey illuminates four extraordinary women painted by the iconic high-society portraitist John Singer Sargent. With uncanny intuition, Sargent hinted at the mysteries and passions that unfolded in his subjects' lives. Elsie Palmer traveled between her father's Rocky Mountain castle and the medieval English manor house where her mother took refuge, surrounded by artists, writers, and actors. Elsie hid labyrinthine passions, including her love for a man who would betray her. As the veiled Sally Fairchild--beautiful and commanding--emerged on Sargent's canvas, the power of his artistry lured her sister, Lucia, into a Bohemian life. The saintly Elizabeth Chanler embarked on a surreptitious love affair with her best friend's husband. And the iron-willed Isabella Stewart Gardner scandalized Boston society and became Sargent's greatest patron and friend. Like characters in an Edith Wharton novel, these women challenged society's restrictions, risking public shame and ostracism. All had forbidden love affairs; Lucia bravely supported her family despite illness, while Elsie explored Spiritualism, defying her overbearing father. Finally, the headstrong Isabella outmaneuvered the richest plutocrats on the planet to create her own magnificent art museum. These compelling stories of female courage connect our past with our present--and remind us that while women live differently now, they still face obstacles to attaining full equality." - Publisher.. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Collectible., W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., 2017, 5, Collectible Fine Condition Color photos. 135 pp. NOT a library copy NO writing in book. Study of this long living sacred Yew tree and it's life in Welsh Churches and in Celtic literature and Mythology. You can see the life of the Yew looking back at you, Gwasg Carreg Gwalch, 2009, 5, Princeton University Press, 2018 Book. New. Soft cover. A sweeping history of Ireland's native gods, from Iron Age cult and medieval saga to the Celtic Revival and contemporary fictionIreland's Immortals tells the story of one of the world's great mythologies. The first account of the gods of Irish myth to take in the whole sweep of Irish literature in both the nation's languages, the book describes how Ireland's pagan divinities were transformed into literary characters in the medieval Christian era-and how they were recast again during the Celtic Revival of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. A lively narrative of supernatural beings and their fascinating and sometimes bizarre stories, Mark Williams's comprehensive history traces how these gods-known as the Tuatha De Danann-have shifted shape across the centuries. We meet the Morrigan, crow goddess of battle; the fire goddess Brigit, who moonlights as a Christian saint; the fairies who inspired J.R.R. Tolkien's elves; and many others. Ireland's Immortals illuminates why these mythical beings have loomed so large in the world's imagination for so long.., Princeton University Press, 2018, 6, Paperback / softback. New. Isle of the Saints recreates the harsh yet richly spiritual world of medieval Irish monks on the Christian frontier of barbarian Europe. Lisa Bitel draws on accounts of saints' lives written between 800 and 1200 to explain, from the monks' own..., 6<

1994, ISBN: 0801481570

[EAN: 9780801481574], Neubuch, [PU: Cornell University Press], New copy - Usually dispatched within 4 working days. Isle of the Saints recreates the harsh yet richly spiritual world of me… Mehr…

[EAN: 9780801481574], Neubuch, [PU: Cornell University Press], New copy - Usually dispatched within 4 working days. Isle of the Saints recreates the harsh yet richly spiritual world of medieval Irish monks on the Christian frontier of barbarian Europe. Lisa Bitel draws on accounts of saints' lives written between 800 and 1200 to explain, from the monks' own., Books<

1994, ISBN: 0801481570

[EAN: 9780801481574], Neubuch, [PU: CORNELL UNIV PR], RELIGION - CHURCH HISTORY CHRISTIAN CHRISTIANITY SAINTS & SAINTHOOD, Isle of the Saints recreates the harsh yet richly spiritual worl… Mehr…

[EAN: 9780801481574], Neubuch, [PU: CORNELL UNIV PR], RELIGION - CHURCH HISTORY CHRISTIAN CHRISTIANITY SAINTS & SAINTHOOD, Isle of the Saints recreates the harsh yet richly spiritual world of medieval Irish monks on the Christian frontier of barbarian Europe. Lisa Bitel draws on accounts of saints lives written between 800 and 1200 to explain, from the monks own.Kla., Books<