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That Lady (Virago Modern Classics Number 168)
Kate O´brien
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Description for That Lady (Virago Modern Classics Number 168)
Paperback. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Spain in the years before the Armada, and high passion meets high politics. Ana, Princess of Eboli, heiress of Spain's leading family, widow of Philip II's wisest counsellor and rumoured to be the King's mistress, falls unexpectedly in love with Don Antonio Perez, dandy, adulterer, skilled politician. With her unusual looks, her aristocratic arrogance and the simplicities of her faith, Ana cannot understand why her private life should become entangled with the affairs of state and, finally, incur the terrible vindictiveness of the King himself...Kate O'Brien's understanding and love of Spain enhance the beauty of this passionate and intelligent novel. ... Read more
Spain in the years before the Armada, and high passion meets high politics. Ana, Princess of Eboli, heiress of Spain's leading family, widow of Philip II's wisest counsellor and rumoured to be the King's mistress, falls unexpectedly in love with Don Antonio Perez, dandy, adulterer, skilled politician. With her unusual looks, her aristocratic arrogance and the simplicities of her faith, Ana cannot understand why her private life should become entangled with the affairs of state and, finally, incur the terrible vindictiveness of the King himself...Kate O'Brien's understanding and love of Spain enhance the beauty of this passionate and intelligent novel. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1985
Publisher
Virago
Condition
Used, Very Good
Number of Pages
400
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780860684336
SKU
KKD0006343
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About Kate O´brien
Kate O'Brien (1897-1974) lived in London and also in Spain, where she developed a passionate and enduring love of Spanish literature and culture. One of this century's greatest novelists, her fiction broke new ground in Irish writing by focusing on the prosperous Catholic bourgeoisie and by giving central importance to women's struggle for selfhood in a rigidly sex-stereotyped society.
Reviews for That Lady (Virago Modern Classics Number 168)
Kate O'Brien writes stunning, unforgettable stories of sexuality and families, of self-discovery
Michele Roberts
She writes with almost poetic intensity of the ecstasy and anguish of love
Val Hennessy
Michele Roberts
She writes with almost poetic intensity of the ecstasy and anguish of love
Val Hennessy