Elizabeth's Bedfellows [electronic resource] : An Intimate History of the Queen's Court
Whitelock, Anna2013
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Elizabeth I acceded to the throne in 1558, restoring the Protestant faith to England. At the heart of the new queen's court lay Elizabeth's bedchamber, closely guarded by the favoured women who helped her dress, looked after her jewels and shared her bed. Elizabeth's private life was of public, political concern. Her bedfellows were witnesses to the face and body beneath the make-up and elaborate clothes, as well as to rumoured illicit dalliances with such figures as Robert Dudley. Their presence was for security as well as propriety, as the kingdom was haunted by fears of assassination plots and other Catholic subterfuge. For such was the significance of the queen's body: it represented the very state itself. This riveting, revealing history of the politics of intimacy uncovers the feminized world of the Elizabethan court. Between the scandal and intrigue the women who attended the queen were the guardians of the truth about her health, chastity and fertility. Their stories offer extraordinary insight into the daily life of the Elizabethans, the fragility of royal favour and the price of disloyalty.
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Whitelock, Anna, Author
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[Place of publication not identified] : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2013
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1 online resource (1 text file)
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Mode of access: Internet
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Anna Whitelock is a historian, author, broadcaster, and international media commentator on monarchy, public history and heritage, and the Tudors and Stuarts. She is Professor of the History of Monarchy at City, University of London and has written for publications including History Today, the Guardian and the New York Times. Her debut, Mary Tudor, was published to critical acclaim in 2009 and her prize-winning Elizabeth's Bedfellows published in 2014. She lives in Cambridge. @AnnaWhitelock www.annawhitelock.co.uk
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9781408833636
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English
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2795009
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