Jenifer Roberts: 4 books
The Beauty of Her Age
A Tale of Sex, Scandal and Money in Victorian England
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2016
Yolande Duvernay was born in poverty in Paris in 1812. Under the control of a formidable stage mother, she became a celebrated ballerina – the favourite dancer of Princess Victoria – renowned for her beauty, grace, and provocative style on stage. Sold for sexual assignations from puberty, she...
by Jenifer Roberts
Language: Portuguese
Release Date: October 10, 2012
Language: Portuguese
Release Date: October 10, 2012
A história da primeira rainha portuguesa, uma mulher frágil apanhada nas redes da principal disputa do século XVIII entre a Igreja e o Estado, entre as velhas superstições e a época da Razão, entre uma religiosidade poderosa e uma ditadura tirânica. D. Maria encarna fielmente as contradições...
Fitz
The Colonial Adventures of James Edward FitzGerald
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2016
The story of James Edward FitzGerald, whose energy and enthusiasm contributed so much to the early history of Christchurch. Orator, writer, politician and journalist, he was the first Canterbury Pilgrim to set foot in New Zealand, first superintendent of the province of Canterbury, first leader of...
Entertaining the Braganzas
When Queen Maria of Portugal visited William Stephens in 1788
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2018
Maria I of Portugal was a monarch with absolute power. William Stephens was the illegitimate son of a Cornish servant girl; he sailed for Lisbon at the age of fifteen to become one of the richest industrialists in Europe. The contrast between these two people could not have been greater – they were...