When one of Shakespeare's boy actors goes missing, and Bianca discovers a disturbing painting that could be a clue, she embarks on her own investigation. As Nicholas races against time to save his father, he and his wife Bianca are drawn into the centre of a treacherous plot against the queen. In the court's desperate bid to silence it, an innocent man is found guilty - the father of Nicholas Shelby, physician and spy. And in London's dark alleyways, a conspiracy is brewing. With a dying queen on the throne, war raging on the high seas and famine on the rise, England is on the brink of chaos. Treason, heresy and revolt in Queen Elizabeth's England. It's the beauty myth, an obsession with physical perfection that traps the modern woman in an endless spiral of hope, self-consciousness, and self-hatred as she tries to fulfill society's impossible definition of "the flawless beauty." Alongside the evident progress of the women's movement, however, writer and journalist Naomi Wolf is troubled by a different kind of social control, which, she argues, may prove just as restrictive as the traditional image of homemaker and wife.
In today's world, women have more power, legal recognition, and professional success than ever before.
Summary The bestselling classic that redefined our view of the relationship between beauty and female identity. But please don't worry, you still have more than 500,000 other books you can enjoy! The Beauty Myth - How Images of Beauty Are Used Against Women Naomi Wolf We are sorry! The publisher (or author) gave us the instruction to take down this book from our catalog.
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