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Queen Mary's Women
Major figures like Elizabeth I of England are usually discussed only for their political interventions in her career. Her female relatives receive merely a brief mention, while her attendants are dismissed as minor characters of no importance, a sort of Greek chorus watching in the background as she travelled from early promise to final tragedy. In this fascinating book, Rosalind K. Marshall redresses the balance, examining Mary's life from an entirely new perspective, discovering the extent to which she was influenced by the women she knew.
What I Remember
Originally published in 1947, this book presents a series of reminiscences by the distinguished economist Mary Paley Marshall (1850-1944). The memoir includes beautifully written accounts of her childhood, the beginnings of Newnham College, her time in Bristol, travels in Sicily, a move to Oxford and her return to Cambridge during the 1880s.
Mary, Queen of Scots
Murder, infidelity and intrigue permeate this story of one of the most turbulent times in history. Rosalind Marshall is renowned for her work on Mary, Queen of Scots and she takes us through the key myths that surround this fascinating story.
Shaking the Faith
In the first half of the 19th century, Mary Marshall Dyer (1780-1867) was at the center of an aggressive anti-Shaker movement - an informal yet effective group joined by their despisal of Shakerism and their determination to thwart the new faith. With her husband and their five children, Dyer had been a Shaker for two years, but as her husband grew increasingly attracted to Shakerism, Dyer's own commitment waned, and when she announced she was leaving the sect and requested the return of her children , neither her husband nor the Shaker authorities would relinquish them. Distraught, angry, and alone, Dyer turned her anguish into action and embarked on a fifty year campaign against the Shaker...
The Biscuit Factory
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The Life and Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Volume I (of 2)
Reproduction of the original: The Life and Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Volume I (of 2) by Florence A. Thomas Marshall
The Adventures of Frissle the Bear
Cornered by a junkyard dog, adrift on a log in a raging storm, hopping on a south-bound train...these are just a few of the conundrums a plucky stuffed bear by the name of Frissle and his best pal, a flea named Furley, encounter on their sometimes perilous, oftentimes comical journey to find their way back to a young girl named Sarabeth.
