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“natalie dykstra”

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  • Chasing Beauty

    The Life of Isabella Stewart Gardner

    by Natalie Dykstra ...
    The vivid and masterful story of Isabella Stewart Gardner—creator of one of America’s most stunning museums—an American original whose own life was remade by art. Includes archival photos of Isabella’s world, museum, and the art she collected.Marfield Prize WinnerIsabella Stewart Gardner’s museum, with its plain exterior enfolding an astonishing four-story Italian palazzo, ... ... Read more

    $13.99 CAD

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  • Clover Adams

    A Gilded and Heartbreaking Life

    by Natalie Dykstra ...
    A biography of one of the Gilded Age's most fascinating and mysterious society women that "reads as well as any page-turning novel" ( Library Journal).At twenty-eight, Clover Adams, a fiercely intelligent Boston Brahmin, married the soon-to-be-eminent American historian Henry Adams. She thrived in her role as an intimate of power brokers in Gilded Age Washington, where she was admired for her wit ... Read more

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    Chasing Beauty

    The Life of Isabella Stewart Gardner

    by Natalie Dykstra ...
    Narrated by Maggi-Meg Reed ...

    Unabridged

    15 hours 57 min

    The vivid and masterful story of Isabella Stewart Gardner—creator of one of America’s most stunning museums—an American original whose own life was remade by art.Isabella Stewart Gardner’s museum, with its plain exterior enfolding an astonishing four-story Italian palazzo, rose from Boston’s Fens at the turn of the twentieth century. Its treasures encompassed not only masterwork paintings but ... Read more

    $41.99 CAD

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    Empress

    The Astonishing Reign of Nur Jahan

    by Ruby Lal ...
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    In 1611, thirty-four-year-old Nur Jahan, daughter of a Persian noble and widow of a subversive official, became the twentieth and favorite wife of the Emperor Jahangir, who ruled the vast Mughal Empire. An astute politician as well as a devoted partner, she issued imperial orders; coins of the realm bore her name. When Jahangir was imprisoned by a rebellious nobleman, the Empress led troops into ... Read more

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    The Painter's Daughters

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    by Emily Howes ...
    Narrated by Gemma Lawrence, Louise Brealey ...

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    A “beautifully written” (Hilary Mantel), “fascinating” (The Washington Post) story of love, madness, sisterly devotion, and control, about the two beloved daughters of renowned 1700s English painter Thomas Gainsborough, who struggle to live up to the perfect image the world so admired in their portraits.Peggy and Molly Gainsborough—the daughters of one of England’s most famous portrait artists of ... Read more

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    The Secret Life of John le Carre

    by Adam Sisman ...
    Narrated by Sean Barrett ...

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    The extraordinary secret life of a great novelist, which his biographer could not publish while le Carré was alive.Secrecy came naturally to John le Carré, and there were some secrets that he fought fiercely to keep. Adam Sisman's definitive biography, published in 2015, provided a revealing portrait of this fascinating man; yet some aspects of his subject remained hidden.Nowhere was this more so ... Read more

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    The King is Dead, Long Live the King!

    An enthralling account of majesty, mourning and modernity in Edwardian Britain

    by Martin Williams ...
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    The fascinating true story of the year 1910 when King Edward VII died, sending shockwaves through Britain.'I could read Martin Williams all day. This book throws shafts of light on recent history almost repeating itself, giving vivid glimpses into monarchy and the way things were, and are. Compulsory reading.' - DAME JOANNA LUMLEY***'***Not just beautifully written and informative but entertaining ... Read more

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    Beaverland

    How One Weird Rodent Made America

    by Leila Philip ...
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    An intimate and revelatory dive into the world of the beaver—the wonderfully weird rodent that has surprisingly shaped American history and may save its ecological future.From award-winning writer Leila Philip, Beaverland is a masterful work of narrative science writing, a book that highlights, though history and contemporary storytelling, how this weird rodent plays an oversized role in American ... Read more

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    Thunderclap

    A Memoir of Art and Life and Sudden Death

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    Named a Top 100 Must-Read Book of the Year by Time and a Best Book of the Year by The New Yorker * Winner of the 2024 Writers**’** Prize for Nonfiction * Shortlisted for the Inaugural Women’s Prize for Nonfiction * Longlisted for the RSL Ondaatje PrizeNew York Times bestselling author Laura Cumming “combines first-rate art history with deeply felt memoir” (The Washington Post) in this fascinating, ... Read more

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    Dressed for a Dance in the Snow

    Women's Voices from the Gulag

    by Monika Zgustova ...
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    An unexpectedly uplifting account of women’s suffering and resilience in Stalin’s forced labor camps, diligently transcribed in the kitchens and living rooms of nine survivors.The pain inflicted by the gulags has cast a long shadow over Soviet-era history. Zgustova’s collection of interviews with former female prisoners not only chronicles the hardships of the camps, but also serves as testament ... Read more

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    The Romanov Brides

    A Novel of the Last Tsarina and Her Sisters

    by Clare McHugh ...
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    From the author of A Most English Princess comes a rich novel about young Princess Alix of Hesse—the future Alexandra, last Empress of Imperial Russia—and her sister, Princess Ella. Their decision to marry into the Romanov royal family changed history.They were granddaughters of Queen Victoria and two of the most beautiful princesses in Europe. Princesses Alix and Ella were destined to wed well ... Read more

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