Lucy Worsley

A ground-breaking biography of Agatha Christie from acclaimed historian Lucy Worsley

** Shortlisted for the @CrimeFest H.R.F. Keating Award **'A smart and highly entertaining portrait of a literary powerhouse'- THE TIMES BOOKS OF THE YEAR'A riveting portrait' - GUARDIAN BOOKS OF THE YEAR***'Christie lovers should read this biography for the same reason they read her novels.' - The Times'A model of how to combine biographical information, analysis and literary criticism into a propulsive narrative' - Daily Telegraph'Worsley's book excels in bringing a broader historical perspective to Christie's life and work, and her enthusiasm is infectious.' - ObserverMs Worsley herself writes engagingly... She combines an almost militant support for her subject with a considered analysis of her books and plays.' - Economist'Nobody in the world was more inadequate to act the heroine than I was.'Why did Agatha Christie spend her career pretending that she was 'just' an ordinary housewife, when clearly she wasn't? As Lucy Worsley says, 'She was thrillingly, scintillatingly modern'. She went surfing in Hawaii, she loved fast cars, and she was intrigued by the new science of psychology, which helped her through devastating mental illness. So why - despite all the evidence to the contrary - did Agatha present herself as a retiring Edwardian lady of leisure? She was born in 1890 into a world which had its own rules about what women could and couldn't do. Lucy Worsley's biography is not just of an internationally renowned bestselling writer. It's also the story of a person who, despite the obstacles of class and gender, became an astonishingly successful working woman. With access to personal letters and papers that have rarely been seen, Lucy Worsley's biography is both authoritative and entertaining and makes us realise what an extraordinary pioneer Agatha Christie was - truly a woman who wrote the twentieth century.

THE BRAND-NEW BOOK FROM SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR LUCY WORSLEY: AVAILABLE TO PRE-ORDER NOW No one has lived and breathed the monarchy quite like Lucy Worsley. For over twenty years, she worked as Chief Curator in some of Britain's most splendid palaces - and now she is ready to throw open the doors and welcome us in. In QUEENS & KINGS, Lucy takes us on a journey through some of our most turbulent and significant moments in history. From the Council Chamber in which Henry VIII decided to break from the Pope to lunch with the late Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace, from encounters with the Tower of London's Ravenmaster to the depths of Queen Victoria's wardrobe, Lucy shares how she grew to know the queens and kings, courtiers and servants who lived in these buildings before her. She traces their footsteps through the corridors and cloisters, the courtyards and kitchens and breathes new life into moments of great joy and consequence - as well as tales of intrigue which lurked in the shadows of regal splendour. Packed with new stories told from unexplored places, this is a fresh history of the monarchy.

Anotatsija "Agata Kristi. Nevlovima zhinka", Ljusi VorsliBiografija vid Ljusi Vorsli rozpovidaje pro Agatu Kristi ne lishe jak pro korolevu detektivu, a jak pro zhinku, scho zhila vsuperech ochikuvannjam svogo chasu. Kniga okhopljuje shljakh vid ditinstva u viktorianskij ta edvardianskij Angliji do rokiv svitovoji slavi. U tsentri - ne lishe tvorchist, a j osobistist: ambitsiji, strakhi, ljubov, finansovi rishennja ta pragnennja nezalezhnosti. Istorija Kristi zvuchit suchasno j pokazuje, jak za obrazom skromnoji domogospodarki khovalasja smiliva j dopitliva natura.Bestseler The Sunday Times.Pro scho kniga? Ljusi Vorsli doslidzhuje zhittja pismennitsi kriz prizmu jiji epokhi - z jiji sotsialnimi obmezhennjami, gendernimi roljami ta kulturnimi zminami. Osoblivu uvagu pridileno zniknennju Kristi u 1926 rotsi, jake avtorka rozgljadaje jak naslidok glibokogo emotsijnogo potrjasinnja, a ne guchnu sensatsiju. Kniga pokazuje, jak osobisti perezhivannja vplivali na sjuzheti, personazhiv i tematiku jiji tvoriv.Doslidzhennja spirajetsja na listi, arkhivni dokumenti ta ridkisni materiali. Vorsli pishe khronologichno, pojednujuchi fakti z zhivoju opoviddju ta analizom tvorchogo metodu Kristi. Atmosfera epokhi vidtvorena cherez detali pobutu j sotsialnikh zvichajiv, a sama pismennitsja postaje ne ikonoju, a zhivoju ljudinoju zi svojimi sumnivami ta pragnennjami. Ukrajinskoju movoju biografiju perekladeno vpershe.Pro avtorkuLjusi Vorsli - britanska kulturna dijachka, zajmajetsja istorijeju, kuratorstvom istorichnikh budivel, vedennjam piznavalnikh teleprogram i napisannjam istorichnogo nonfikshnu ta khudozhnoji literaturi dlja pidlitkiv.Chomu varto kupiti knigu "Agata Kristi. Nevlovima zhinka"? Tse gliboka j vodnochas dostupna biografija, scho vidkrivaje novij pogljad na vidomu pismennitsju. Kniga pojednuje istorichnu tochnist iz zhivoju rozpoviddju ta dozvoljaje pobachiti Kristi poza mezhami jiji publichnogo obrazu. Kniga pidijde: shanuvalnikam biografij vidatnikh postatej; tim, khto tsikavitsja istorijeju literaturi XX stolittja; dlja doslidnikiv, studentiv i potsinovuvachiv dokumentalnoji prozi.Vidannja dopovnene arkhivnimi fotografijami, scho dopomagajut glibshe vidchuti atmosferu epokhi j osobistij svit Agati Kristi.

George'ide aegne kuningakoda oli jahmatavalt hiiglaslik ja keeruline. Selle liikmete seas olid kõrgeimal positsioonil tõelised õukondlased, õuedaamid ja -härrad. Aadlimehed ja -naised teenisid kuningat ja kuningannat rõõmuga isegi üsna alamate töödega selle au nimel, mis vastava positsiooniga kaasas kais.Kui soovite teada, millised need inimesed välja nagid, tarvitseb vaid külastada Kensingtoni paleed. Seal maalis kunstnik William Kent 1720. aastatel neljakümne viie kuningliku teenri portreed, mis vaatavad palee külastajate poole Kuninga suure trepihalli seintelt ja laest.Nende isikuid uurima hakates avastasin oma üllatuseks, et osa nimedest, mida portreedega traditsiooniliselt seostatakse, on valed, ja nii mõnestki ilmsest seosest on mööda vaadatud. Pingutused iga poseerija tõelist lugu välja kaevata viisid mind hoopis pikemale ja põnevamale teekonnale kui olin oodanud. Minu seiklused arhiivides ja väljaspool neid viisid lõpuks selle raamatuni.Need, kes valiti trepimaalide jaoks poseerima, olid alamate teenijate seas kõige veetlevamad, eksootilisemad ja meeldejäävamad. Osal neist oli midagi palju haruldasemat kui rubiinid: neil oli mõju, mis kaasnes ligipääsuga kuninglikule kõrvale. Nende kaastöötajate seas oli George'ide ajastu kõige kummalisemaid tegelasi: kääbusest koomik, metspoiss, ahne kuninglik armuke, salapärane turbanis türklane, tülpinud, kuid ilusad kojaneitsid. Valisin välja neist vaid seitsme lood, et heita valgust George'ide aegse õukonnaelu kummalisele nähtusele ja pakkuda uut vaatenurka kuningate, kuningannade ja printside eludele, kes asustasid hõredat õukonnastratosfääri kõrgel nende peade kohal.

THE REMARKABLE TRUE STORY BEHIND THE BBC'S MISS AUSTEN, NOW IN A STUNNING CELEBRATORY EDITION WITH NEW INTRODUCTION AND EPILOGUE: THE PERFECT GIFT FOR ANY JANE AUSTEN LOVER Readers LOVE Jane Austen at Home:'A "tour de force" which should be in the reading list of anyone who has either read the books or watched the film adaptations.' ????? 'This book is a delight . . . I will return to Austen's novels with a greater appreciation of the hardships and hopes of her heroines.' ????? 'I devoured this. Jane's story is told in vivid prose and a compassionate manner.' ????? ------------- Where better to celebrate the 250th birthday of one of Britain's most beloved novelists than the very rooms from which she quietly changed the world? In this bestselling biography, Lucy Worsley travels from room to room, house to house, showing us how and why Jane Austen lived as she did, examining the places and spaces that mattered to her. It wasn't all country houses and ballrooms, but a life that was often a painful struggle. Jane famously lived a 'life without incident', but with new research and insights Lucy Worsley reveals a passionate woman who fought for her freedom. A woman who far from being a lonely spinster in fact had at least five marriage prospects, but who in the end refused to settle for anything less than Mr Darcy.Featuring a guided tour of all the best Jane Austen sites to visit specially written for this birthday edition, this gorgeous book is perfect for Austen fans everywhere.--------------Critical acclaim for Jane Austen at Home:'This is my kind of history: carefully researched but so vivid that you are convinced Lucy Worsley was actually there at the party - or the parsonage.' - Antonia Fraser'Jane Austen at Home offers a fascinating look at Jane Austen's world through the lens of the homes in which she lived and worked throughout her life. The result is a refreshingly unique perspective on Austen and her work and a beautifully nuanced exploration of gender, creativity, and domesticity.' - Amanda Foreman'A must for any Austenite.' - Red magazine'Brilliant and very moving, this book is a fascinating and original exploration of Jane Austen with lots of new material - Worsley brings Austen to life superbly, through her pages she is a flesh and blood woman, intelligent, powerful, contradictory, loving, loved. A magnificent book.' - Kate Williams'Rarely, if ever, will you encounter a historian so in command of their material. Truly, this is a dazzling exercise in persuasion, written with sense and sensibility.' - Saturday Express'Worsley offers us much that Austen's admirers wish to know... [she] is entirely convincing.' - New York Times'A sprightly new take on Austen's life.' - Mail on SundayLucy Worsley 'is a great scene-setter for this tale of triumph and heartbreak' - Sunday Times

Miks püüdis Agatha Christie terve oma karjääri jooksul jätta mulje, et ta oli kõigest tavaline koduperenaine, ehkki ta seda ilmselgelt ei olnud? Tema elu on on täis salapära ja kirge; ta on, nagu Lucy Worsley ütleb, "põnevalt, sädemeid pilduvalt moodne". Ta käis Hawaiil surfamas, armastas kiireid autosid ning teda võlus uudne psühholoogiateadus, mis aitas seljatada vaimse tervise probleemid.Ta sündis maailma, milles olid naiste jaoks kindlad reeglid. See Lucy Worsley kirjutatud elulooraamat ei kõnele mitte üksnes tohutut rahvusvahelist kuulsust nautivast kirjanikust, vaid ka inimesest, kellest sai kõigi klassi ja soo seatud takistuste kiuste professionaalselt edukas naine.

A new, fascinating account of the life of Agatha Christie from celebrated literary and cultural historian Lucy Worsley. "Nobody in the world was more inadequate to act the heroine than I was." Why did Agatha Christie spend her career pretending that she was "just" an ordinary housewife, when clearly she wasn't? Her life is fascinating for its mysteries and its passions and, as Lucy Worsley says, "She was thrillingly, scintillatingly modern." She went surfing in Hawaii, she loved fast cars, and she was intrigued by the new science of psychology, which helped her through devastating mental illness. So why--despite all the evidence to the contrary--did Agatha present herself as a retiring Edwardian lady of leisure? She was born in 1890 into a world that had its own rules about what women could and couldn't do. Lucy Worsley's biography is not just of a massively, internationally successful writer. It's also the story of a person who, despite the obstacles of class and gender, became an astonishingly successful working woman. With access to personal letters and papers that have rarely been seen, Lucy Worsley's biography is both authoritative and entertaining and makes us realize what an extraordinary pioneer Agatha Christie was--truly a woman who wrote the twentieth century.

A new, fascinating account of the life of Agatha Christie from celebrated literary and cultural historian Lucy Worsley. "Nobody in the world was more inadequate to act the heroine than I was." Why did Agatha Christie spend her career pretending that she was "just" an ordinary housewife, when clearly she wasn't? Her life is fascinating for its mysteries and its passions and, as Lucy Worsley says, "She was thrillingly, scintillatingly modern." She went surfing in Hawaii, she loved fast cars, and she was intrigued by the new science of psychology, which helped her through devastating mental illness. So why--despite all the evidence to the contrary--did Agatha present herself as a retiring Edwardian lady of leisure? She was born in 1890 into a world that had its own rules about what women could and couldn't do. Lucy Worsley's biography is not just of a massively, internationally successful writer. It's also the story of a person who, despite the obstacles of class and gender, became an astonishingly successful working woman. With access to personal letters and papers that have rarely been seen, Lucy Worsley's biography is both authoritative and entertaining and makes us realize what an extraordinary pioneer Agatha Christie was--truly a woman who wrote the twentieth century.

"Worsley offers us much that Austen's admirers wish to know...with humor and poignancy and common sense, just as Austen would have wished." --Amy Bloom, New York Times Book Review Take a trip back to Jane Austen's world and the many places she lived as historian Lucy Worsley visits Austen's childhood home, her schools, her holiday accommodations, the houses--both grand and small--of the relations upon whom she was dependent, and the home she shared with her mother and sister towards the end of her life. In places like Steventon Parsonage, Godmersham Park, Chawton House and a small rented house in Winchester, Worsley discovers a Jane Austen very different from the one who famously lived a "life without incident." Worsley examines the rooms, spaces and possessions which mattered to her, and the varying ways in which homes are used in her novels as both places of pleasure and as prisons. She shows readers a passionate Jane Austen who fought for her freedom, a woman who had at least five marriage prospects, but--in the end--a woman who refused to settle for anything less than Mr. Darcy. Illustrated with two sections of color plates, Lucy Worsley's Jane Austen at Home is a richly entertaining and illuminating new book about one of the world's favorite novelists and one of the subjects she returned to over and over in her unforgettable novels: home.

CELEBRATING 250 YEARS OF JANE AUSTEN - enter her world as you've never seen it before. The captivating new novel from popular television historian Lucy Worsley, exploring the life of Jane Austen from the perspective of her niecesWould she ever find a real-life husband? Would she even find a partner to dance with at tonight’s ball? She just didn’t know. Anna Austen has always been told she must marry rich. Her future depends upon it. While her dear cousin Fanny has a little more choice, she too is under pressure to find a suitor. But how can either girl know what she wants? Is finding love even an option? The only person who seems to have answers is their Aunt Jane. She has never married. In fact, she’s perfectly happy, so surely being single can’t be such a bad thing? The time will come for each of the Austen girls to become the heroines of their own stories. Will they follow in Jane’s footsteps? In this witty, sparkling novel of choices, popular historian LUCY WORSLEY brings alive the delightful life of Jane Austen as you’ve never seen it before.‘Enter the world of Jane Austen, with a cast of characters as you've never seen them before. This delightful coming-of-age story... features strong female characters and a plot that tackles the struggles women faced during the period’ - Historic Royal Palace Inside Story Magazine

Murder--a dark, shameful deed, the last resort of the desperate or a vile tool of the greedy. And a very strange obsession. But where did this fixation develop? And what does it tell us about ourselves?Our fascination with crimes like these became a form of national entertainment, inspiring novels and plays, prose and paintings, poetry and true-crime journalism. At a point during the birth of the modern era, murder entered the popular psyche, and it's been a part of us ever since.The Art of the English Murder is a unique exploration of the art of crime--and a riveting investigation into the English criminal soul by one of our finest historians.

This selection of Times obituaries from 1872 to 2014 revisits the lives of 125 women who have all, in their own way, played an important part in women’s educational, professional, social, cultural and emotional journey over the best part of two centuries.The anthology starts with the obituary of 91-year-old pioneering mathematician and scientist Mary Somerville (d. 1872) and concludes with that of 110-year-old concert pianist and Holocaust survivor Alice Herz-Sommer (d. 2014). In between come a formidable trio of later scientists: the discoverer of radium Marie Curie; the unsung heroine of DNA, Rosalind Franklin; and the only British woman to win a Nobel Prize for science, Dorothy Hodgkin. Plus a further quintet of great pianists: Clara Schumann, Myra Hess, Eileen Joyce, Tatiana Nikolayeva and Moura Lympany. Among campaigners, there is nursing reformer Florence Nightingale (d. 1910), along with suffragists Emmeline, Christabel and Sylvia Pankhurst (d. 1928, 1958 and 1960), the 20th century’s best-known promoter of contraception (Marie Stopes, d. 1958), civil rights worker Rosa Parks (d. 2005), founder of the hospice movement Cicely Saunders (d. 2005), anti-apartheid campaigner Helen Suzman (d. 2009) and Nobel Prize-winning environmentalist Wangari Maathai (d. 2011). Interspersed are women prime ministers from Golda Meir of Israel (d. 1978) to Margaret Thatcher (d. 2013); actresses from Sarah Bernhardt (d. 1923) to Marilyn Monroe (d. 1962) and Elizabeth Taylor (d. 2011); novelists from George Eliot (d. 1880) to Doris Lessing (d. 2013); singers from Jenny Lind (d. 1887) to Joan Sutherland (d. 2010); plus aviators, a mountaineer, a Channel swimmer, war correspondents, ballerinas, sportswomen, botanists, US first ladies, iconic members of the British royal family, and more.From pioneering aviator Amy Johnson (d. 1941) and talented singer-songwriter Amy Winehouse (d. 2011) and civil rights activist Rosa Parks (d. 2005), alongside a foreword by acclaimed historian Lucy Worsley, The Times Great Women’s Lives is a celebration of some of the world’s most remarkable people.

AN INTIMATE ACCOUNT OF ONE OF BRITAIN'S LONGEST-REIGNING - AND MOST EXTRAORDINARY - MONARCHS FROM BESTSELLING HISTORIAN LUCY WORSLEY Readers LOVE Queen Victoria:'This book changed my whole perception of Queen Victoria' ?????'Fascinating. Lucy has really brought her to life' ?????'An insightful, interesting and readable account' ?????******************************* Who was Queen Victoria? A little old lady, potato-like in appearance, dressed in everlasting black? She was also a passionate young princess who loved dancing. And there is also a third Victoria, the brilliant queen, one who invented a new role for the monarchy.Victoria found a way of ruling when people were deeply uncomfortable with having a woman on the throne.Her image as a conventional daughter, wife and widow concealed the reality of a talented, instinctive politician. Her actions, if not her words, reveal that she was tearing up the rules on how to be female. But the price of this was deep personal pain.By looking in detail at twenty-four days of her life, through diaries, letters and more, we meet Queen Victoria up-close and personal. Living with her from hour to hour, we can see and celebrate the contradictions that make up British history's most recognisable woman. **************************Critical acclaim for Queen Victoria:'A wonderfully fresh, vivid and engaging portrait.' Jane Ridley, author of Bertie: A Life of Edward VII'Has much of the abundant charm of its author.' Spectator'The glory of this book is in the details.' The Times'Worsley's command of the material and elegant writing style make this a must-read.' Publisher's Weekly'An intimate glimpse.' Daily Mail'An engaging portrait of the monarch.' i paper'Provides a unique insight into this inscrutable monarch.' Choice Magazine 'In this lively, light-footed biography, just out in paperback, the popular TV historian Lucy Worsley looks at just 24 days of Victoria's 81-year long life to reveal unexpected sides to the monarch.' BBC History Magazine

Re-examining history from a female perspective, this book celebrates the numerous important roles women have played in culture and society that are less often told.Packed full of evocative images, this gloriously illustrated book reveals the key events in women's history - from early matriarchal societies through women's suffrage, the Suffragette movement, 20th-century feminism and gender politics, to recent movements such as #MeToo and International Women's Day - and the key role women have had in shaping our past.Learn about the everyday lives of women through the ages as well as the big ?names of women's history - powerful, inspirational, and trailblazing women such as Cleopatra, Florence Nightingale, Emmeline Pankhurst, Eva Peron, and Rosa Parks - and discover the unsung contributions of lesser-known women who have changed the world, and the "forgotten" events of women's history.Placing women firmly centre stage, Women - Our History shows women where they have come from, and, in celebrating the achievements of women of the past offers positive role models for women of today

Historian Lucy Worsley visits Jane Austen at home, exploring the author's life through the places which meant the most to her.

A brilliantly captivating children's novel from popular television historian Lucy Worsley, exploring the most famous divorce in history from the perspective of the daughter of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon.By turns thrilling, dramatic and touching, this is the story as you’ve never seen it before - from the eyes of Princess Mary. More than anything Mary just wants her family to stay together; for her mother and her father - and for her - to all be in the same place at once. But when her father announces that his marriage to her mother was void and by turns that Mary doesn't really count as his child, she realises things will never be as she hoped.Things only get worse when her father marries again. Separated from her mother and forced to work as a servant for her new sister, Mary must dig deep to find the strength to stand up against those who wish to bring her down. Despite what anyone says, she will always be a princess. She has the blood of a princess and she is ready to fight for what is rightfully hers.

The captivating debut children's novel from popular television historian Lucy Worsley is an exciting and charming glimpse behind the scenes of the Tudor court. I would often wonder about my future husband. A knight? A duke? A stable boy?Of course the last was just a wicked fancy.Eliza Rose Camperdowne is young and headstrong, but she knows her duty well. As the only daughter of a noble family, she must one day marry a man who is very grand and very rich. But Fate has other plans. When Eliza becomes a maid of honour, she’s drawn into the thrilling, treacherous court of Henry VIII ...Is her glamorous cousin Katherine Howard a friend or a rival? And can a girl choose her own destiny in a world ruled by men?