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The waiting game : the untold story of the women who served the Tudor queens

Clark, Nicola (Associate lecturer in history), author

2024

Overview

Who taught Catherine of Aragon English, helped Anne Boleyn get dressed in the morning, discussed sex with Anne of Cleves, or pushed religious revolution with Kathryn Parr? Every queen had ladies-in-waiting. Her confidantes and chaperones, they are the forgotten agents of the Tudor court. Ever present and yet hidden behind the scenes, these women held the secrets and the hearts of some of the Tudor period's most powerful men and women. Experts at survival, negotiating the competing demands of their families and their queen, the ladies-in-waiting of Henry VIII's wives were far more than decorative 'extras': they were serious political players who changed the course of history, and four of them became queen themselves. 'The Waiting Game' is the first to tell their story.

• Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
• Subject: Henry VIII, King of England, 1491-1547 Employees. / Ladies-in-waiting England History 16th century. / History. / ladies-in-waiting. / Great Britain History Henry VIII, 1509-1547.
• ISBN: 9781474622202, 9781474622219

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
DA332 .C53 2024	1	BOOK	WAITINSERT