God's Own Gentlewoman
The Life of Margaret Paston
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God's Own Gentlewoman
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Narrated by:
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Antonia Beamish
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By:
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Diane Watt
About this listen
The remarkable story of Margaret Paston, whose letters form the most extensive collection of personal writings by a medieval English woman.
Drawing on the largest archive of medieval correspondence relating to a single family in the UK, God's Own Gentlewoman explores what everyday life was like during the turbulent decades at the height of the Wars of the Roses. Covering topics including political conflicts and familial in-fighting; forbidden love affairs and clandestine marriages; bloody battles and sieges; fear of plague and sudden death; friendships and animosity; and childbirth and child mortality, Margaret's letters provide us with unparalleled insight into all aspects of life in late medieval England.
Diane Watt is a world expert on medieval women's writing, and God's Own Gentlewoman explores how Margaret's personal archive provides an insight into her activities, experiences, emotions and relationships, as well as the life of a medieval woman who was at times absorbed by the mundane and domestic, but who found herself caught up in the most extraordinary situations and events.
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Overall2 out of 5 stars
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Performance3 out of 5 stars
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Story2 out of 5 stars
- S.Attenborough
- 10-10-2024
Such a Disappointment
I pre ordered this book being intrinsically interested in the eras the Pastons were living in. One chapter in…getting over the personal details of the author..the narrative is all over the place, disjointed and extremely difficult to follow. Even the narrator sounds as if she’s tried if it one chapter in. One would have thought you’d start at the family’s beginnings and work through to the cut off point. Instead it goes from Margery Kemp to Justice Paston back to his father and mother and jumps to the first John Paston. I know the story already but for others it would be difficult to follow. Another example : it jumps from Margery’s first intro to the family, fish ponds to the author sitting in a church yard.
Very disappointing.
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