Bess of Hardwick: An Elizabethan Tycoon

by Wyn Derbyshire

Bess of Hardwick was one of the most remarkable people who lived in England in the late Tudor period. Born a daughter of a relatively humble Midlands family, she was married and widowed four times, on each occasion raising her social status until she ultimately became the Countess of Shrewsbury.

An enthusiast of fine buildings, she left behind Hardwick Hall and Chatsworth House as prime examples of Elizabethan prodigy houses. She also left...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 191015105X
• ISBN13: 9781910151051
• Release Date: August 2022
• Publisher: Spiramus Press
• Length: 320 Pages