Maureen Waller Orden de los libros (cronológico)
Maureen Waller, educada en historia medieval y moderna, centra su obra en la vívida representación de la vida en diferentes épocas históricas. Su estilo de escritura se caracteriza por una investigación meticulosa y narrativas cautivadoras que transportan a los lectores al pasado. Waller se esfuerza por desvelar las costumbres cotidianas y las dinámicas sociales que moldearon la sociedad. Sus obras ofrecen una visión fascinante de los acontecimientos históricos a través de la perspectiva de la gente común.
Ungrateful Daughters
The Stuart Princesses Who Stole Their Father's Crown
- 480 páginas
- 17 horas de lectura
In 1688, the birth of a Prince of Wales ignited a family quarrel and a revolution. Mary and Anne Stuart are the ungrateful daughters who usurped James II's crown and stole their brother's birthright. Maureen Waller recreates the late Stuart era, in a narrative that highlights the influence of three women in one of the most momentous events in our history: a palace coup that changed the face of the monarchy and signalled the end of a dynasty.
1700. Scenes from London life
- 394 páginas
- 14 horas de lectura
More than a capital city, Londoners had witnessed the unthinkable - the public execution of a king at Whitehall. Thousands had died in the Plague of 1665, then the Great Fire of 1666. But from the ashes rose a modern city, rebuilt with the shining dome of Christopher Wren's St Paul's Cathedral, symbolising a new strength and confidence. London, with a population of over half a million, was now Europe's largest, richest and most cosmopolitian city. Maureen Waller describes a familiar yet alien world. Using anecdotes, detail and amusing contrasts, she draws on court records newspapers, and recorded eyewitness accounts to create a vividly colourful vision. of a city at a unique moment in its history.