The Waiting Game: Untold Story Of Women Who Served Tudor Queens Nicola Clark Weidenfeld Nicolson Αγγλικά Βιβλία History World

\ Written In A Lively Accessible Style The Waiting Game Is Full Of Insight\ Suzannah Lipscomb Literary Reviewevery Tudor Queen Had Ladies-In-Waiting They Were Her Confidantes And Chaperones Only Queen\ S Ladies Right To Enter Most Private Chambers Spending Hours Helping Get Dressed Undressed Caring For Clothes Jewels Listening Secrets But Also Held Unique Power Quiet Word Behind Scenes An Appropriately Timed Gift Well-Negotiated Marriage Alliance All Forms Political Agency Wielded Expertly By Women Explores Daily Lives Revealing Recruitment Costume What Ate Where (And With Whom) Slept We Meet María De Salinas Who Travelled England Catherine Aragon When Just Teenager Spied During Divorce From Henry Viii Anne Boleyn\ Lady-In-Waiting Jane Parker Was Instrumental Execution Not One Two Queens Maid-Of-Honour Basset Kept Place Through Last Four Consorts Negotiating Conflicting Loyalties Birth Family Mistress Even Desires King Himself As Changed Wives Very Fabric Country\ Structure Besides These Make Choices About Loyalty That Simply Didn\ T Exist Before First Time Their Vital Story Has Been Told Σελίδες: 400 Έτος Έκδοσης: 0806 Διαστάσεις: 15 8X15 8Cm