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  <title><![CDATA[The Weaker Vessel]]></title>
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  <default_description>Just how weak were the women of the Civil War era? What could they expect beyond marriage and childbirth in an age where infant and maternal mortality was frequent and contraception unknown? Did anyone marry for love? Could a woman divorce? What rights had the unmarried? What expectations the widows?   An expert on the period, Antonia Fraser brings to life the many and various women she has encountered in her considerable research: governesses, milkmaids, fishwives, nuns, defenders of castles, courtesans, countesses, witches and widows. </default_description>
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  <original_publication_year type="integer">1984</original_publication_year>
  <original_title>The Weaker Vessel</original_title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Antonia Fraser]]></name>
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  <read_at>Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Mar 03 06:07:47 -0800 2009</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[Faser is as wonderful as usual, I just couldn't dig up the enthusiasm for this examination of women &amp; their role in 17th century England.  Obviously it sounded like a good idea, or I wouldn't have chosen the book, but it was extremely minute in its examinations and divided into numerous parts and th...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/48094569">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="42079113">
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  <date_added>Tue Jan 06 06:49:51 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Jan 06 06:51:10 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book is WAY interesting but it's also WAY long... I'll write a review when I'm done. It's all about women in 17th century England and the kinds of things they had to go through. For instance, it was written in the LAW at the time that women had no rights whatsoever. Pretty scary. ]]></body>
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    <review id="63161663">
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  <date_added>Sun Jul 12 11:06:20 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Jul 12 11:07:36 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book is a social history of women in 17th=century England.  It incorporates documentary snippets from all sorts of sources and what I found most compelling was the broad (no pun intended) cross-section of women's lives documented and interpreted here.]]></body>
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    <review id="19343865">
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  <read_at>Tue May 27 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Wow...definitely not a &quot;quick&quot; read!  This is a non-fiction book that I suspect is used in Women's History classes.  Very interesting book that covers the lives of women in the 17th century about subjects ranging from education to childbirth to women in business, etc.  Sure makes me glad I...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/19343865">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Thu Jun 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I feel a bit guilty about giving this one four stars as I didn't finish it (the material was a bit denser than I was ready to commit to). I agree with another reviewer when she said she just couldn't retain the enthusiasm to finish. However, I enjoyed what I read and will probably give it another go...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/57176855">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="3415676">
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  <read_at>Thu Aug 09 17:34:37 -0700 2007</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a fascinating history of the lives of 17th century women. More than anything, it made me glad to be alive now, when I'm able to hold property, make my own decisions (including whom to marry,)and go to university; not to mention avoid dying in childbirth or bearing 14 children (not uncommon a...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3415676">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="36616583">
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  <read_at>Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[It is so nice to see a book that examines the lives of Women in the 17th century. So often, the lives of women in history are over-looked and so often not represented at all. It is a testament that Fraser not only did such intensive and comprehensive research, but also managed to make this highly re...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/36616583">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="64004973">
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  <read_at>Wed Sep 02 11:51:47 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Stirring read on two counts. Extremely interesting to learn of the trials and tribulations of women in 17th century England and maddening because the lack of healthcare and wellbeing of women at this time in history.]]></body>
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    <review id="36883138">
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    <body><![CDATA[This book discussed the court of King James and the socio-political bias that influenced the famous translation of the Bible.  Fraser makes an interesting case that maybe the King James version is not the literal translation of the word of God.  ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Fraser gives a very detailed portrait of women during the English Civil War and early restoration periods.  She focuses not on how women acted in society but also within the family structure.  It isn't a fast read, but it is very in depth.]]></body>
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    <review id="47038251">
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  <date_updated>Wed Mar 04 13:57:32 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[One of my all time favorite books. Weaker vessel my _____!]]></body>
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    <review id="26857115">
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  <date_added>Thu Jul 10 09:40:28 -0700 2008</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[The biographical sketches of the women are fascinating. I also like the beadth of the coverage.]]></body>
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    <review id="15079993">
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  <read_at>Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 1986</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[A lot of  English History that explains the balance of power of the sexes.]]></body>
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    <review id="35824106">
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    <body><![CDATA[Excellent history of women in 17th century England.]]></body>
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