The Resource The words in my hand, Guinevere Glasfurd
The words in my hand, Guinevere Glasfurd
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The item The words in my hand, Guinevere Glasfurd represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in City of Stirling Library Services.This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
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The item The words in my hand, Guinevere Glasfurd represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in City of Stirling Library Services.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- Summary
- This is the reimagined true story of Helena Jans van der Strom, a 17th century Dutch maid, desperate to educate herself and use her mind, in an era where women were kept firmly in their place. Helena works in the Amsterdam lodging house of an English bookseller who rents out a room to the mysterious 'Monsieur' who turns out to be Rene Descartes. Always trying to keep one step ahead of the authorities desperate to suppress his free thinking, Descartes and Helena form an unlikely bond which turns from teaching into an affair. For all his learning, it's Helena who provides him with insights and emotional perspective from the everyday life all around him. This is Helena's story, a woman who yearned for knowledge, who wanted to write so badly and who could afford nothing - she made her own ink from beetroot and used her body for paper. Weaving together the story of Descartes' quest for reason with Helena's struggle for literacy, the novel follows Helena's journey across the Dutch Republic as she tries to keep their young daughter secret. Through Helena's story, everyday objects are transformed into new ways of learning. Their worlds overlap yet remain sharply divided; the only way of being together, is living unseen. Helena and Descartes face a terrible tragedy, and ultimately have to decide if their love is possible at all
- Language
- eng
- Label
- The words in my hand
- Title
- The words in my hand
- Statement of responsibility
- Guinevere Glasfurd
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- This is the reimagined true story of Helena Jans van der Strom, a 17th century Dutch maid, desperate to educate herself and use her mind, in an era where women were kept firmly in their place. Helena works in the Amsterdam lodging house of an English bookseller who rents out a room to the mysterious 'Monsieur' who turns out to be Rene Descartes. Always trying to keep one step ahead of the authorities desperate to suppress his free thinking, Descartes and Helena form an unlikely bond which turns from teaching into an affair. For all his learning, it's Helena who provides him with insights and emotional perspective from the everyday life all around him. This is Helena's story, a woman who yearned for knowledge, who wanted to write so badly and who could afford nothing - she made her own ink from beetroot and used her body for paper. Weaving together the story of Descartes' quest for reason with Helena's struggle for literacy, the novel follows Helena's journey across the Dutch Republic as she tries to keep their young daughter secret. Through Helena's story, everyday objects are transformed into new ways of learning. Their worlds overlap yet remain sharply divided; the only way of being together, is living unseen. Helena and Descartes face a terrible tragedy, and ultimately have to decide if their love is possible at all
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Glasfurd-Brown, Guinevere
- Illustrations
- maps
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- novels
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Descartes, René
- Jans van der Strom, Helena
- Man-woman relationships
- Philosophers
- Illegitimate children
- Literacy
- Household employees
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- The words in my hand, Guinevere Glasfurd
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references
- Carrier category
- volume
- Content category
- text
- Control code
- p225742871
- Dimensions
- 25 cm.
- Extent
- 414 pages
- Form of item
- regular print reproduction
- Isbn
- 9781473617858
- Media category
- unmediated
- Other physical details
- map
- System control number
- (Sirsi) p225742871
- Label
- The words in my hand, Guinevere Glasfurd
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references
- Carrier category
- volume
- Content category
- text
- Control code
- p225742871
- Dimensions
- 25 cm.
- Extent
- 414 pages
- Form of item
- regular print reproduction
- Isbn
- 9781473617858
- Media category
- unmediated
- Other physical details
- map
- System control number
- (Sirsi) p225742871
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