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Mathers: Three Generations of Puritan Intellectuals, 1596-1728
by Robert MiddlekauffA classic history of Puritanism in colonial New England, told through the lives and writings of three generations of intellectual ministers.
Mathew's Tale: A historical mystery full of intrigue and murder
by Quintin JardineNo better friend, no deadlier enemy... In Mathew's Tale, his landmark fortieth novel, Quintin Jardine tells the remarkable story of a man's quest for justice - at any cost. Perfect for fans of C.J. Sansom and Paul Doherty.'Once I picked it up, I couldn't let it go' - Michael Jecks1818, Carluke, Lanarkshire. Mathew Fleming returns home to Scotland following heroic service at the Battle of Waterloo. After seven years away, he is a ghostly presence to those he left behind.But Mathew is ambitious and soon becomes a man of influence in his county and beyond. Yet through all his success, he still hides the loss of his one true love.When a terrible act of murder occurs, Mathew must choose between the rule of blood and the rule of law. And as a man of honour with a warrior's instincts, he embarks on a journey of vengeance that will test every sinew of his faith in mankind... What readers are saying about Mathew's Tale: 'The quality of the prose, which feels authentically early 19th-century and has such a skilled lightness about it, sucks the reader in and [this book] becomes an addictive read''Mathew's Tale is full of colour, immersing the reader in a bygone age with deceptive ease. It is such a pleasure to read''This is a highly accomplished, sensitive novel, enriched by great storytelling, characterisation and historical setting and mood'
Mathew's Tale: A historical mystery full of intrigue and murder
by Quintin JardineNo better friend, no deadlier enemy... In Mathew's Tale, his landmark fortieth novel, Quintin Jardine tells the remarkable story of a man's quest for justice - at any cost. Perfect for fans of C.J. Sansom and Paul Doherty.'Once I picked it up, I couldn't let it go' - Michael Jecks1818, Carluke, Lanarkshire. Mathew Fleming returns home to Scotland following heroic service at the Battle of Waterloo. After seven years away, he is a ghostly presence to those he left behind.But Mathew is ambitious and soon becomes a man of influence in his county and beyond. Yet through all his success, he still hides the loss of his one true love.When a terrible act of murder occurs, Mathew must choose between the rule of blood and the rule of law. And as a man of honour with a warrior's instincts, he embarks on a journey of vengeance that will test every sinew of his faith in mankind...What readers are saying about Mathew's Tale: 'The quality of the prose, which feels authentically early 19th-century and has such a skilled lightness about it, sucks the reader in and [this book] becomes an addictive read''Mathew's Tale is full of colour,immersing the reader in a bygoneagewith deceptive ease. It is such a pleasure to read''This is a highly accomplished, sensitive novel, enriched by great storytelling, characterisation and historical setting and mood'
Maths Hacks
by Richard CochraneEverything you need to know about 100 key mathematical concepts condensed into easy-to-understand sound bites designed to stick in your memory and give you an instant grasp of the concept.On each topic, you'll start with a helicopter overview of the subject, which will give you an introduction to the idea and some context surrounding it. Next, you'll zoom in on the core elements of the theory, with clear explanation of each point to make sure you really understand the concept, along with simple examples that everyone can follow. Finally, you'll be given a one-liner hack to really make the theory stick in your mind. The perfect introduction to algebra, logic, probability and much more, this is a great new way to learn about the most important mathematical ideas and concepts in a way that makes them easy to recall even months after reading the book.Topics covered include:NumbersAlgebraLogicGeometryProbabilityComputer scienceApplied mathematicsMechanicsStatisticsSet Theory
Maths Hacks (Hacks)
by Richard CochraneEverything you need to know about 100 key mathematical concepts condensed into easy-to-understand sound bites designed to stick in your memory and give you an instant grasp of the concept.On each topic, you'll start with a helicopter overview of the subject, which will give you an introduction to the idea and some context surrounding it. Next, you'll zoom in on the core elements of the theory, with clear explanation of each point to make sure you really understand the concept, along with simple examples that everyone can follow. Finally, you'll be given a one-liner hack to really make the theory stick in your mind. The perfect introduction to algebra, logic, probability and much more, this is a great new way to learn about the most important mathematical ideas and concepts in a way that makes them easy to recall even months after reading the book.Topics covered include:NumbersAlgebraLogicGeometryProbabilityComputer scienceApplied mathematicsMechanicsStatisticsSet Theory
Matilda II: The Forgotten Queen
by Joanna Arman“By quoting contemporary letters and histories, Arman brings this woman and her world vividly to life. More than that, she shows how Matilda fits into medieval England and what gifts she left the kingdom she ruled so wisely and so well.” — New York Journal of Books The wife of King Henry I and the mother of the Empress Maud is a woman and a Queen forgotten to history. She is frequently conflated with her daughter or her mother-in-law. She was born the daughter of the King of Scotland and an Anglo-Saxon princess. Her name was Edith, but her name was changed to Matilda at the time of her marriage. The Queen who united the line of William the Conqueror with the House of Wessex lived during an age marked by transition and turbulence. She married Henry in the first year of the 12th century and for the eighteen years of her rule aided him in reforming the administrative and legal system due to her knowledge of languages and legal tradition. Together she and her husband founded a series of churches and arranged a marriage for their daughter to the Holy Roman Emperor. Matilda was a woman of letters to corresponded with Kings, Popes, and prelates, and was respected by them all. Matilda’s greatest legacy was continuity: she united two dynasties and gave the Angevin Kings the legitimacy they needed so much. It was through her that the Empress Matilda and Henry II were able to claim the throne. She was the progenitor of the Plantagenet Kings, but the war and conflict which followed the death of her son William led to a negative stereotyping by Medieval Chroniclers. Although they saw her as pious, they said she was a runaway nun and her marriage to Henry was cursed. This book provides a much-needed re-evaluation of Edith/Matilda’s role and place in the history of the Queens of England.
Matilda Infantry Tank 1938-45
by Peter Sarson David FletcherThe Matilda was the principal British infantry tank in the early years of World War II. It served with the BEF in France and later in North Africa, where it earned the title 'Queen of the Desert'. Outclassed by increasingly powerful German anti-tank weapons, it still remained a power in the South-East Pacific, and was kept in service until the end of the war by Australian forces. In this title, David Fletcher deals with Marks I to V. Development and operational history are discussed, along with service in other countries, including Germany and Russia. Numerous variants are also covered, including the prototype 'Hedgehog' bunker-busting weapon.
Matilda's Last Waltz
by Tamara MckinleyWhen tragedy strikes, Jenny craves a fresh start away from the memories of her past. So when she unexpectedly inherits a sheep station in the Australian Outback called Churinga, she welcomes the escape. But Churinga turns out to be a lonely place, where the weather is extreme and the neighbors hostile. As Jenny fights to take control of her new life, she discovers some surprising secrets about the station itself and its enigmatic previous owner--the mysterious Matilda--leading Jenny to wonder if inheriting the station has been a blessing or a curse.
Matilda: Empress, Queen, Warrior
by Catherine HanleyA life of Matilda—empress, skilled military leader, and one of the greatest figures of the English Middle Ages Matilda was a daughter, wife, and mother. But she was also empress, heir to the English crown—the first woman ever to hold the position—and an able military general. This new biography explores Matilda’s achievements as military and political leader, and sets her life and career in full context. Catherine Hanley provides fresh insight into Matilda's campaign to claim the title of queen, her approach to allied kingdoms and rival rulers, and her role in the succession crisis. Hanley highlights how Matilda fought for the throne, and argues that although she never sat on it herself her reward was to see her son become king. Extraordinarily, her line has continued through every single monarch of England or Britain from that time to the present day.
Matilde
by Carlos Pascual«Cuán perversa debe ser esta mujer como para ser capaz de querer estudiar medicina con tal de ver hombres desnudos». Periódico El Amigo de la Verdad, 1881 El conocimiento fue para Matilde Montoya su único dios verdadero, pero también el origen de todas sus desdichas y su olvidada gloria. A pesar de su inteligencia y sólida vocación, siempre fue relegada en la Academia por su condición de mujer. Al interior de las escuelas donde estudió, Matilde fue ignorada por condiscípulos y maestros, su presencia en las aulas callada o abiertamente cuestionada y sus opiniones, siempre certeras, fueron objeto de controversias o de burla. Sin embargo, ella, mujer de gran carácter que contó siempre con el apoyo de su madre, Soledad Lafragua, logró superar las adversidades y convertirse en la primera médica de México, provocando el sobresalto de quienes atestiguaron la inevitable destrucción de los cánones establecidos. La novela de Carlos Pascual, de fenomenal destreza literaria, rescata la figura e importancia de Matilde Montoya, quien luchó con su incuestionable ejemplo por que se escuchara la voz de miles de mujeres acalladas por razones tan vagas como la tradición o el decoro.
Matinee Melodrama
by Scott HigginsLong before Batman, Flash Gordon, or the Lone Ranger were the stars of their own TV shows, they had dedicated audiences watching their adventures each week. The difference was that this action took place on the big screen, in short adventure serials whose exciting cliffhangers compelled the young audience to return to the theater every seven days. Matinee Melodrama is the first book about the adventure serial as a distinct artform, one that uniquely encouraged audience participation and imaginative play. Media scholar Scott Higgins proposes that the serial's incoherent plotting and reliance on formula, far from being faults, should be understood as some of its most appealing attributes, helping to spawn an active fan culture. Further, he suggests these serials laid the groundwork not only for modern-day cinematic blockbusters like Star Wars and Raiders of the Lost Ark, but also for all kinds of interactive media that combine spectacle, storytelling, and play. As it identifies key elements of the serial form--from stock characters to cliffhangers--Matinee Melodrama delves deeply into questions about the nature of suspense, the aesthetics of action, and the potentials of formulaic narrative. Yet it also provides readers with a loving look at everything from Zorro's Fighting Legion to Daredevils of the Red Circle, conveying exactly why these films continue to thrill and enthrall their fans.
Matisse in Morocco: A Journey of Light and Color
by Jeff KoehlerThe remarkable and little-known story of the two groundbreaking winters that Henri Matisse spent painting in Morocco, a fertile period that transformed his art and marked his work until the very end.In winter of 1912, Henri Matisse—forty-two, nearing mid-career, and yet to find lasting critical acceptance, public admiration, or financial security since exploding to the forefront of the avant-garde in 1905 with his iconoclastic Fauve paintings—was struggling. Once the vanguard leader, the Parisian avant-garde now considered him passé. His important early collectors, including Gertrude and Leo Stein, had stopped buying his work and were fully championing Picasso, and he had exhibited little in the last few years. In the face of Cubism that was now dominating the art scene, Matisse needed to get away from Paris in order to advance his distinctive artistic vision. Almost on a whim, he went to Tangier. Matisse had already been profoundly inspired by Islamic art, and was primed for his arrival in the Moroccan city where such art was integrated into everyday life. Despite the challenges of rain, insomnia, depression, and finding models, the sojourn was such a success he returned the following winter, which would lead to even greater artistic triumph. Matisse in Morocco tells the story of the artist's groundbreaking time in Tangier and how it altered Matisse&’s development as a painter and indelibly marked his work for the next four decades. Through Koehler's research and travel, we experience Matisse's time in Tangier, the paintings and their subjects, his relationships with his wife Amélie and his two important collectiors, and then come to understand the impact Morocco—its light, colors, culture, and artistic traditions—had on his art. From Landscape Viewed From a Window, to Zorah on the Terrace, from Kasbah Gate to the dream-like tableau Moroccan Café, these works from Morocco are now recognized as some of the most significant and dazzling of Matisse&’s illustrious career.
Matisse's War
by Peter EverettAt seventy, Henri Matisse is a trim, clean old gentleman with a passion for naked women. He is UN MONSTRE SACRE who depicts with passion and conviction only what he takes pleasure in, only what he chooses to see. He is art personified. If there were no Matisse there would be no art as such. . . . He has purged everything from his painting except anxieties concerning structure and colour; his struggle is with these alone! MATISSE'S WAR is a minutely researched yet fictional account of Matisse's life during the years 1939-1945. It is also a superb portrait of the lives of the major French artists and writers under the German occupation. Louis Aragon, Malraux, Picasso and Bonnard all appear prominently in the narrative.
Matoaka, Pocahontas, Rebecca: Her Atlantic Identities and Afterlives (Early American Histories)
by Kathryn N. Gray Amy M. MorrisRemembering the woman known as Pocahontas and the myths surrounding her down to the present day This collection of essays is the first of its kind to focus exclusively on the woman known as Pocahontas. Contributions from established leaders in the field offer innovative perspectives on the life of Matoaka/Pocahontas, especially on the creation and perpetuation of her cultural image in the seventeenth century and beyond—and on how new archival research, interdisciplinary methodologies, and contemporary creative practice challenge that image. The chronological scope of this collection, compiled in honor of the late Monacan poet and historian Karenne Wood, illustrates the ongoing legacies of colonialism as they relate to recurring representations of and by Native American women. Contributors Karen Kupperman, New York University * Helen Rountree, Old Dominion University * Karenne Wood, Virginia Humanities * Lucinda Rasmussen, University of Alberta * Camilla Townsend, Rutgers University * E. M. Rose, Oxford University * James Ring Adams, National Museum of the American Indian * Graziella Crezegut, independent scholar * Cristina L. Azocar, San Francisco State University * Ivana Markova, San Francisco State University * Stephanie Pratt, independent scholar * Sarah Sense, artist
Matria Redux: Caribbean Women Novelize the Past (Caribbean Studies Series)
by Tegan ZimmermanIn Matria Redux: Caribbean Women Novelize the Past, author Tegan Zimmerman contends that there is a need for reading Caribbean women’s texts relationally. This comprehensive study argues that the writer’s turn to maternal histories constitutes the definitive feature of this transcultural and transnational genre. Through an array of Caribbean women’s historical novels published roughly between 1980 and 2010, this book formulates the theory of matria—an imagined maternal space and time—as a postcolonial-psychoanalytic feminist framework for reading fictions of maternal history written by and about Caribbean women. Tracing the development of the historical novel in four periods of the Caribbean past—slavery, colonialism, revolution, and decolonization—this study argues that a pan-Caribbean generation of women writers, of varying discursive racial(ized) realities, has depicted similar matria constructs and maternal motifs. A politicized concept, matria functions in the historical novel as a counternarrative to traditional historical and literary discourses. Through close readings of the mother/daughter plots in contemporary Caribbean women’s historical fiction, such as Andrea Levy’s The Long Song, Edwidge Danticat’s The Farming of Bones, Paule Marshall’s Praisesong for the Widow, and Marie-Elena John’s Unburnable, Matria Redux considers the concept of matria an important vehicle for postcolonial-psychoanalytic feminist literary resistance and political intervention. Matria as a psychoanalytic, postcolonial strategy therefore envisions, by returning to history, alternative feminist fictions, futures, and Caribbeans.
Matrimonio arreglado Parte II
by P. TorresSiglo XIX La mayoría de los matrimonios, en la alta sociedad, eran arreglados para beneficiar a ambas familias. Sin tener en cuenta a las víctimas de esta unión impuesta. Los elegidos estaban obligados a sacrificarse, renunciando a sus sueños y voluntades, para atender los caprichos de su linaje. Sin tener en cuenta que el elemento principal para esta construcción íntima quedaría fuera. Porque no es importante o no es aceptado por muchos que nunca lo conocieron.
Matrimonio combinato - Parte II
by P. Torres CatiaSecolo XIX La maggior parte dei matrimoni dell’alta società erano combinati per beneficiare entrambe le famiglie. Non tenendo conto delle vittime di questa unione forzata. Gli eletti erano costretti a sacrificarsi, abbandonando i loro sogni e le loro volontà, per seguire i capricci delle loro stirpi. Non tenendo conto del fatto che l'elemento principale di questa costruzione intima sarebbe rimasto fuori. Perché non aveva importanza o non era accettato da molti che non l'avevano mai conosciuto.
Matrimonio combinato: PARTE I
by Catia Polverini P. TorresSecolo XIX La maggior parte dei matrimoni in alta società erano combinati per beneficiare entrambe le famiglie. Non tenendo conto delle vittime di questa unione forzata. Gli eletti erano costretti a sacrificarsi, abbandonando i loro sogni e le loro volontà, per seguire i capricci delle loro stirpi. Non tenendo conto del fatto che l'elemento principale di questa costruzione intima sarebbe rimasto fuori. Per non avere importanza o non essere accettato da molti che non l'hanno mai conosciuto.
Matrimonio de apariencia (Los Knightley #Volumen 2)
by Ruth M. LergaContinúa la apasionante serie «Los Knightley» ambientada en la regencia inglesa, de mano de Ruth M. Lerga. La historia de un matrimonio de conveniencia, que tras diez años de convivencia, dos hijos y una relación nula, ella decide recuperar la alegría y la emoción... con su marido o sin él. El conde es un hombre frío, serio y formal que ve cómo su ordenada vida se desmorona y su callada y obediente mujercita le pone en un brete. Después de diez años de matrimonio, Helena quiere más. Sabe que es una mujer afortunada, que tiene un esposo que la respeta y la cuida, pero ahora que ha conocido a su cuñada Jimena de Alba, entiende que la vida, y el amor, tienen mucho más que ofrecer que una unión de conveniencia. Se casó enamorada de Marcus pero desistió pronto de amar a un caballero frío y distante que no correspondía a sus sentimientos. ¿Debería luchar ahora por recuperar al hombre que sigue despertando sus anhelos, o rendirse y buscar la felicidad en otro lugar? La vida ordenada de Marcus Kngihtley, duque de Neville, se tambalea después de diez años de matrimonio. Y cuando su esposa le sorprende con una proposición única llegan los celos, un deseo arrollador que jamás había sentido y el temor a que todo se derrumbe si descubre su secreto... ¿Puede un matrimonio de conveniencia despertar diez años después con la fuerza de la primera vez? La duquesa de Neville ha decidido darle una oportunidad al amor# con o sin su marido. Pero el duque no está dispuesto a permitir que su esposa descubra fuera de su cama lo que él estaría encantado de mostrarle.
Matrimonio en guerra (Los Knightley #Volumen 1)
by Ruth M. LergaUn matrimonio experto en intrigas políticas pero que sabe muy poco del amor. Un esposo dubitativo, una esposa desconfiada y un destino empeñado en unirlos. Vuelve Ruth M. Lerga con una apasionante historia ambientada entre el Londres de la Regencia y el Madrid de Fernando VII en esta primera entrega de la serie «Los Knightley». Jimena de Alba colabora con los espías ingleses para intentar liberar a España de la invasión napoleónica. Una noche, tras una misión que no sale como esperaba, acaba casada con un desconocido para salvar sus vidas. Su esposo es un apuesto caballero que despierta en ella sentimientos casi olvidados, pero su matrimonio tiene pocas posibilidades, pues hace años que ella no confía en nadie. Lord Raphael Knightley acude a Madrid a interceptar documentación sobre la intervención militar en Cádiz y consigue en cambio una preciosa esposa española que le hace replantearse lo que realmente quiere. Pero el momento no podría ser peor: Europa está en guerra, debe regresar a Inglaterra y Jimena no parece interesada en él.
Matrimonio por Navidad (Los Knightley #Volumen 5)
by Ruth M. LergaLas doncellas no se casan, es un hecho sabido por todos. Pero ¿y si Santa Claus pudiera concederles un regalo en forma de amor? Se acercan las Navidades para la familia Knightley y los cuatro matrimonios desean celebrarlas unidos, organizando las mejores fiestas que Londres pueda recordar para que sus pequeños vástagos disfruten como nunca. Pero, ¿qué se cuece en las cocinas de sus mansiones? Porque, como en Downton Abbey, si arriba vive gente maravillosa, abajo hay también un mundo por explorar... Rose trabaja para lady Beatrice Knightley, la condesa de Moray, quien, en una conversación íntima, la anima a enamorarse y formar una familia, asegurándole que encontrará la manera de que compagine su vida de esposa y madre con su trabajo como criada. Rose, que se había resignado a ser una solterona, se ilusiona ante la idea de poder enamorar a cierto mayordomo inalterable que, al parecer, ni siquiera se ha fijado en ella. Pero si algo ha aprendido de las damas Knightley es a conquistar a un hombre por más que él intente esquivar lo inevitable. David Lockhart vive una existencia tranquila dirigiendo la casa del marqués de Belmore, hasta que la preciosa doncella de lady Beatrice comienza a aparecer por la mansión con la única intención de hacerle perder la compostura.
Matrimonio por honor (Los Knightley #Volumen 4)
by Ruth M. LergaLa esperada última entrega de la serie Los Knightley. Una novela apasionante que te cautivará desde la primera página. Una historia de segundas oportunidades donde la pasión marcará el ritmo en un matrimonio basado en el honor... y la traición. Ante la posibilidad de que su reputación se vea arruinada por unos rumores infundados que ponen en entredicho a su hermana, lady Beatrice Knightley acepta la proposición de lord Kellan Sinclair, segundo hijo de un conde y con una prometedora carrera militar. Pero poco después de que el decoro de la familia quede restaurado se ve forzada a una unión en la que, sin duda, es él quien obtiene mayores beneficios, una de la que no está convencida. Kellan es un hombre serio, honorable, y las damas Knightley solo han sido felices cuando han ignorado la rigidez social. Así que, convencida de que todavía puede liberarse de su promesa, una noche comete un error de consecuencias inimaginables que la convierten en el escándalo de la temporada, revertiendo los papeles en su enlace, siendo ella quien deba agradecer casarse con Sinclair, heredero de pronto de fortuna y título, si es que él todavía quiere aceptarla... Kellan Sinclair se enamoró de la joven y virtuosa Beatrice en cuanto la vio y comenzó un cortejo que se precipita en compromiso. Aunque es consciente de que su esposa no lo ama, cree tener tiempo para conquistarla una vez casados. Sin embargo, cuando descubre su caída. el sentido del honor le hace acudir en su rescate y mantener su palabra de caballero, casándose con ella, pero la traición es una dura compañera en un matrimonio basado en los sentimientos equivocados: culpa, desconfianza, amor no correspondido y una pasión que los arrastra el uno al otro a pesar de todo.
Matrimonio por la fuerza (Los Knightley #Volumen 3)
by Ruth M. LergaDescubre la historia de lady Ángela en esta tercera entrega de la exitosa serie «Los Knightley» de Ruth M. Lerga. Cuando una historia comienza de la peor forma imaginable, ¿puede acabar en el altar? Ni lady Angela ni lord Ryan lo desean, pero el destino parece tener otros planes para ellos... Lady Angela Knightley oculta un error de juventud, un incidente que podría hundirla socialmente. Por encubrir el escándalo y evitar arrastrar a su hermana al ostracismo con ella, será capaz de cualquier cosa. Así que cuando el hombre con el que fue sorprendida en plena huida a Escocia, el marqués que podría descubrirla, le pide ayuda en un caso de espionaje, acepta deseosa de dejar atrás el pasado, pero también en busca de aventuras. El matrimonio no atrae en absoluto a Angie a pesar de que debe casarse cuanto antes, y una misión para la Corona le parece la excusa perfecta para dilatar la búsqueda de un esposo, pues todos los nobles de Londres le parecen aburridos. Lo que no espera es que el irlandés al que traicionó, el hombre con el que está cooperando, sea divertido, valiente, guapo# y que despierte en ella emociones que no desearía sentir por nadie. Ryan, marqués de Belmore, lleva diez años intentando atrapar al hombre que destruyó a su padre, un escurridizo traficante de poca monta. Cuando el malhechor es visto en los salones de la capital pide ayuda a la beldad de la temporada para atraparlo, a pesar de que años atrás dicha dama le tendiera una trampa de la que salió muy mal parado. Pero Angela se ha convertido en una mujer muy deseable y mantener las distancias es un esfuerzo cada vez mayor, pues la atracción entre ambos es explosiva. Además, los hermanos de ella jamáspermitirían que la cortejara. ¿O sí?...
Matrimony in the True Church: The Seventeenth-Century Quaker Marriage Approbation Discipline
by Kristianna PolderLike many other denominations, seventeenth-century Quakers were keen to ensure that members married within their own religious community. In order to properly understand the ramification of such a policy, this book explores the early Quaker marriage approbation process and discipline as demonstrated through the works and marriage of the movement’s leaders, George Fox and Margaret Fell. The book begins with an introduction that briefly summarises the historical context of the early Quaker movement, the ministry of Fox and Fell, and importance they laid upon the marriage approbation discipline. The remainder of the book is divided into three broad chapters. Chapter one examines the practical aspects of the early Quaker marriage approbation discipline, including a summary of seventeenth-century courtship and marriage practice, and an analysis of early Quaker Meeting Minutes. Chapter two then looks at the theological foundations of the marriage approbation process, and the Quaker emphasis on ’Good Order’ and their desire to return to the primitive Christianity of the apostolic church. Chapter three examines the marriage between Fox and Fell, which they presented as a testimony of the union of Christ and his Church. Their married life is analysed through their correspondence to discover whether or not the marriage did indeed exemplify the spiritual gravity originally bestowed upon it by Fox, Fell and some in the Quaker community. Through this close investigation of Quaker marriage approbation, the book offers fascinating insights into early modern English society, attitudes to gender and the early Quakers’ self-perception of themselves as the one and only True Church.
Matrix (Palabra En El Tiempo Ser.)
by Lauren Groff«El drama de monjas medievales que no sabías que necesitabas» (Vulture): un retrato de la indomable María de Francia, por la autora que deslumbró a Barack Obama y a la crítica mundial, ganadora de los premios Paul Bowles, PEN/O. Henry y Pushcart. Uno de los mejores libros del año según The Times Descendiente de una larga dinastía de guerreras y cruzadas, Marie es demasiado ruda y rebelde para la vida palaciega, por lo que acaba siendo expulsada de la corte y enviada a los lodazales de Inglaterra para que asuma el rol de priora de una abadía venida a menos. Al llegar, encuentra un panorama desolador donde reinan la inanición y el chismorreo. Marie añora la comodidad de la corte francesa, y también a su amante secreta, Cecily. Sin embargo, al poco tiempo se dará cuenta de que sus nuevas obligaciones le otorgan más poder del que jamás habría imaginado, un acceso a los conocimientos sobre plantas medicinales y su propio sello de lacre para la correspondencia, que le permitirá cartearse confidencialmente con quien quiera. Tras Florida, finalista del National Book Award, Lauren Groff vuelve a sorprendernos con el retrato de María de Francia, un personaje fascinante y poco conocido de la historia que se ha convertido en icono femenino. La crítica ha dicho...«Ambientar una historia feminista en el siglo XII no es tarea fácil, [...] pero Matrix es una novela inspiradora que demuestra el poder que han sabido ejercer las mujeres. [...] Un dominio de la palabra y un ritmo magistrales, [...] una narración altamente adictiva».NPR «Una celebración bellamente escrita del deseo y la creatividad femeninos, con una heroína formidable».The Guardian «Un libro inolvidable, extático, resplandeciente, herético».USA Today «Una recreación eléctrica, feminista, sensual y magistral de la mano de un personaje memorable».Oprah Magazine «Groff ha nacido para escribir historias y lo hace con maestría».Elena Méndez, La Voz de Galicia «Una escritora talentosa, capaz de una hábil pirotecnia a la altura de los desafíos que plantea».The New York Times Book Review «El trabajo más atrevido de la autora: [...] su suntuosa pero fresca narración se abre camino por una abadía medieval en busca de violencia, humor, empoderamiento y espiritualidad, y forja algo convincente, extraño y reconocible para el ojo moderno».Philadelphia Inquirer «Una obra audaz y emocionante que pone de manifiesto la imaginación salvaje y sin límites de Groff».Star Tribune «Una obra ingeniosa e inteligente que perdurará».The Boston Globe «De lectura obligada».The Washington Post «Páginas incandescentes. [...] Una obra brillante de imaginación y talento».Esquire