| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 317 pages, 9 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-297) and index. |
| Summary |
A biography of Mary Sidney (1561-1621), Countess of Pembroke, sister of Sir Philip Sidney, based on primary sources such as account books, legal documents, letters, and diaries. |
| Contents |
GENEALOGICAL CHARTS; PROLOGUE: The Bear and the Porcupine; I. "Daughter of Very Good Hope, "; 2. "As You Begine, "; 3. "Sister vnto Astrofell, "; 4. "This Moses and this Miriam, "; 5. "Patronesse of the Muses, "; 6. "Most Vertuous Actions, "; 7. "A Most Heroical Spirit, "; EPILOGUE: The Lions; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Pembroke, Mary Sidney Herbert, Countess of, 1561-1621.
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Pembroke, Mary Sidney Herbert, Countess of, 1561-1621. |
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Sidney, Philip, 1554-1586 -- Family.
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Sidney, Philip, 1554-1586. |
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Families. |
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Literary patrons -- Great Britain -- Biography.
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Literary patrons. |
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Great Britain. |
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Translators -- Great Britain -- Biography.
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Translators. |
| Chronological Term |
1500 - 1700 |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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Electronic books.
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History.
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Biographies.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Hannay, Margaret P., 1944- Philip's phoenix, New York : Oxford University Press, 1990 9780195057799 (DLC) 88027560 (OCoLC)18464534 |
| ISBN |
9780195363357 (electronic book) |
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0195363353 (electronic book) |
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1280523824 |
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9781280523823 |
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0195057791 (Cloth) |
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9780195057799 |
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