Bess married four times and with each marriage she acquired a new name, a new role, new children and stepchildren.  So who was she? The letters she sent and received reflect the many transitions in her life.

Bess married four times and with each marriage she acquired a new name, a new role, new children and stepchildren. So who was she? The letters she sent and received reflect the many transitions in her life.

The many faces of Bess of Hardwick

Dukes and spies, queens and servants, friends and lovers - all of the Elizabethan world populates the letters of Bess of Hardwick. Bess herself wrote hundreds of letters throughout her life: they were her lifeline to her travelling children and husbands, to the court at London, and to news from the world at large.

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