Ladies-in-waiting
from the Tudors to the present day
by Anne Somerset
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Far from being servants or decorative accessories in court, ladies-in-waiting competed for real positions of power--and many succeeded in their goals, sometimes betraying their queens in the process. A few even became royal mistresses, such as the rapacious Lady Castlemaine who amassed a fortune and flaunted her hold over King Charles I. Drawing on a wide variety of primary sources, including the diaries of such shrewd onlookers as Lady Cowper and Fanny Burney, bestselling author Anne Somerset provides a guide to the character, profligate or pious, of each court. This lively combination of entertaining anecdote and searching analysis is social history at its most colorful.
"...provides a wealth of juicy anecdotal material..."--The New York Times
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England, Courts and courtiers, Ladies-in-waiting, Royalty, Biography, Court and courtiers, Great Britain, Nobility, History, Geschichte (1485-1984), Hofdame, Great britain, history, modern period, 1485-, Great britain, court and courtiersPlaces
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Ladies in Waiting: From the Tudors to the Present Day
August 28, 2005, Phoenix Press, Orion Publishing Group, Limited
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Ladies-in-Waiting: From The Tudors to the Present Day
February 2004, Book Sales
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Ladies in Waiting: From the Tudors to the Present Day
October 28, 2002, Phoenix Press, Orion Publishing Group, Limited
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1842125966 9781842125960
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Ladies in Waiting
1984, Weidenfeld, Orion Publishing Group, Limited
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0297784013 9780297784012
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Ladies-in-waiting: from the Tudors to the present day
1984, Weidenfeld and Nicolson
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Ladies-in-waiting: from the Tudors to the present day
1984, Knopf
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0394520009 9780394520001
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Bibliography: p. 322-332.
Includes index.
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