Ladies in Waiting: From the Tudors to the Present Day by Anne Somerset

Ladies in Waiting: From the Tudors to the Present Day

Anne Somerset

342 pages first pub 1984 (editions)

nonfiction biography history informative slow-paced
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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...

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