Her father, James Upton, was the Upton mentioned by Hawthorne in the famous introduction to the Scarlet Letter as one of those who came into the old custom house to do business with him as the surveyor of the port.

Her eyes became bright as she talked about her father and mother, aunts and uncles, cousins.

Her mother and father, for instance.

Her father was the chieftain of the barony of Murrisk.

Her father wrote of it, " I see nothing in the way of a good appreciation of Louisa's merits as a woman and a writer.

Her father ’ s marriage to Julia was his third marriage.

Her father was a man of consular rank ; her grandfather's name was Catulus.

Her father had no private income and the parsonage would revert to the church on his death.

Her first marriage, at the age of fifteen, was to the son of her father's rival in Italy, Lothair II, the nominal King of Italy ; the union was part of a political settlement designed to conclude a peace between her father and Hugh of Provence, the father of Lothair.

Her father, Joaquín Nin, was a Cuban pianist and composer, when he met her mother Rosa Culmell, who was a classically trained singer in Cuba of French and Danish descent.

Her father was Mírzá Muḥammad ` Alí Nahrí of Isfahan an eminent Bahá ’ í of the city and prominent aristocrat.

Her father had an engineering degree and worked with his own father ( Charles Bardot ) in the family business.

Her father was " the sort of rebel destined to transform colonial America "; as clerk of the court, he was jailed for disobeying the local magistrate in defense of middle-class shopkeepers and artisans in conflict with wealthy landowners.

Her father, Robert Lawrence Berenson, was an American career diplomat turned shipping executive ; he was of Lithuanian Jewish descent, and his family's original surname was Valvrojenski.

Her Journal reveals her growing sophistication as a critic as well as the influence of her father ’ s friend the artist Sir John Everett Millais who recognised Beatrix ’ s talent of observation.

Her father, unable to bear the grief of his loss, and feeling adrift in a foreign country, returned to his native France for 16 years, with only one visit back to Philadelphia.

" Her father did have a natural aptitude for drawing and the sisters were charmed by his whimsical sketches of animals.

Her father then sets out with Laura in a carriage for the ruined village of Karnstein.

Her grandparents were in a band that played throughout Ireland, her father was the leader of the Slieve Foy Band before opening Leo's Tavern, and her mother played in a dance band and later taught music at Pobalscoil Ghaoth Dobhair.

Her father was Emperor Shōmu, and her mother was Empress Kōmyō.

Her father is actor Richard Davalos.

Her father told her she had done well in reaching out to Douglass.

Her father played the ukulele and guitar and sang professionally in nightclubs with a group called Step ' n ' Fetchit.

Her fourth husband, Alonso de Grado, died shortly and Isabel, about seventeen years old, was widowed for a fourth time.

Her devotees included the general of the Franciscan Order, Fray Francisco de los Ángeles Quiñones ; Fray Francisco de Osuna, the mystic whose writings were so appreciated by Santa Teresa ; and the archbishop of Seville and inquisitor general, Alonso Manrique.

Her acting career began with her role in the telenovela Azul ( 1996 ) followed by Pueblo chico, infierno grande ( 1997 ), with Verónica Castro, for which she received the Heraldo award for best female acting, and Desencuentro which was her third telenovela under the direction of Ernesto Alonso.

Her pupils: Margot Fonteyn, Alberto Alonso, Paul Grinwis, Nadia Nerina, Vladimir Dokoudovsky, Maurice Béjart, Irina Baronova, Tamara Toumanova, Nicholas Orloff, Nina Vyroubova, Maina Gielgud, Wladimir Skouratoff, Vera Zorina, Alexandra Danilova, Serge Golovine, Lilian Lambert, Milorad Miskovitch, Adam Darius, Ludmila Tcherina, Igor Youskevitch, Nina Youskevitch, Yury Zoritch, Georges Skibine, Daniel Spoerri, Margarete Wallmann, André Eglevsky, Hélène Kirsova, Belinda Wright, Alan Bergman etc.

Her winning streak ( unbeaten since the 1989 French Open loss to Arantxa Sánchez Vicario ) continued with victories in Tokyo, Amelia Island, and Hamburg.

Her grandmother was Violante Sánchez de Castile, Lady of Uzero, the illegitimate daughter of Sancho IV of Castile.

Her first television opportunity was given to her at the age of 13 by Vicente Aranda in The Crime of Captain Sánchez.

Her parents were Pedro López Sánchez and Dolores Ramos Nava.

Her work can be compared to that of Antonio Skármeta, Luis Rafael Sánchez, Marta Traba, Sergio Ramirez, Rosario Ferré, Manuel Puig and Fernando del Paso.

Her mother was born Countess Maria-Luisa Yvonne Radha de Wendt de Kerlor, better known as Gogo Schiaparelli, a socialite of Italian, Swiss, French, and Egyptian ancestry.

Her maternal grandmother was the Italian-born fashion designer Elsa Schiaparelli, and her maternal grandfather was Count Wilhelm de Wendt de Kerlor, a Theosophist and psychic medium.

Her success stems from a wide range of innovative writing and rhetorical techniques that critically challenged renowned male writers, such as Jean de Meun who incorporated misogynist beliefs within their literary works.

Her critique primarily stems from her belief that Jean de Meun was purposely slandering women through the debated text.

Her ability to employ rhetorical strategies continued when de Pizan began to compose literary texts following the “ Querelle du Roman de la Rose .”

* The standard biography about Christine de Pizan is Charity Cannon Willard ’ s Christine de Pisan: Her Life and Works ( 1984 ).

* For a more detailed account of Christine de Pizan ’ s rhetorical strategies refer to Jenny R. Redfern ’ s excerpt Christine de Pisan and The Treasure of the City of Ladies: A Medieval Rhetorician and Her Rhetoric ( in Reclaiming Rhetorica, ed.

* Redfern, Jenny, " Christine de Pisan and The Treasure of the City of Ladies: A Medieval Rhetorician and Her Rhetoric " in Lunsford, Andrea A, ed.

* Willard, Charity C., Christine de Pizan: Her Life and Works.

Her mother, Marie de Guise, stayed in Scotland to look after the interests of Mary — and of France — although the Earl of Arran acted officially as regent.

* Trilogie van de Laatste Dag ( 1996 – 97 ) ( each of its three sections may be performed separately: ( i ) The Last Day ( texts by Lucebert, folksong A Woman and Her Lass ) for boy soprano, 4 male voices, orchestra ; ( ii ) TAO ( texts by Laozi, Kotaro Takamura ) for 4 female voices, piano voice, koto, small orchestra winds, 2 horns, harp, piano (+ celesta ), 2 percussion, minimum 14 strings ; ( iii ) Dancing on the Bones ( text by the composer ) for children's chorus, orchestra, 1997 )

All UK Bureaux de change are registered with Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs which issues a trading licence for each location.

Her portrayal of a troubled theatre-goer in Secret Friends ( BBC 2, 1990 ) was described as " a miniature tour de force ... Miranda Richardson's finest hour, all in ten minutes " ( The Sunday Times ).

Her debut at Teatro alla Scala took place in 1842 as " Neocle " in the Italian version of Le siège de Corinthe, which was followed by roles in operas by Marliani, Donizetti ( as " Maffio Orsini "), Salvi and Pacini.

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Her uncle Don Carlos, Conde de Molina challenges her claim, beginning the First Carlist War.

Her mother-in-law, Catherine de ' Medici, becomes regent of

Her most famous novel was Madame de ..., published in 1951, which was adapted into the celebrated film The Earrings of Madame de ... ( 1953 ), directed by Max Ophüls and starring Charles Boyer, Danielle Darrieux and Vittorio de Sica.