The Devonshires: The Story of a Family and a Nation by Roy Hattersley

The Devonshires: The Story of a Family and a Nation

Roy Hattersley

496 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction biography history informative medium-paced

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The story of the Devonshires is the story of Britain.William Cavendish, the father of the first Earl, dissolved monasteries for Henry VIII. Bess, his second wife, was gaoler-companion to Mary Queen of Scots during her long imprisonment in England....

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