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The Queen's Bed: An Intimate History of Elizabeth's Court by Whitelock, Anna
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- Binding
- Paperback
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- Product Group
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- IsTextBook
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- ISBN
- 9781250062307
- Book Title
- Queen's Bed : an Intimate History of Elizabeth's Court
- Publisher
- Picador
- Item Length
- 8.2 in
- Publication Year
- 2015
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 1 in
- Genre
- Biography & Autobiography, History
- Topic
- Royalty, Europe / Great Britain / Tudor & Elizabethan Era (1485-1603), Europe / Great Britain / General
- Item Weight
- 13.4 Oz
- Item Width
- 5.5 in
- Number of Pages
- 480 Pages
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WINNER OF THE 2015 PEN/JACQUELINE BOGRAD WELD AWARD FOR BIOGRAPHY Queen Elizabeth I acceded to the throne in 1558, restoring the Protestant faith to England. For over forty years, her bedchamber was the heart of court. Elizabeth's private life was of public concern: Her body represented the State itself, and her bedfellows were charged with safeguarding both the Queen and her propriety. These women bore witness to the figure beneath the makeup and the raiment, and also to the Queen's rumored dalliances. They were her friends, confidantes, and spies-nobody knew her better. And until now, historians have overlooked them. In The Queen's Bed , the historian Anna Whitelock offers a revealing look at the Elizabethan court and the politics of intimacy, dramatically reconstructing the Queen's quarters and the women who patrolled them. With expert research and lively prose, Whitelock weaves a fascinating tale of sex, gossip, conspiracy, and intrigue, brought to life amid the colors, textures, and routines of the court: the untold story of Elizabeth I laid bare.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Picador
ISBN-10
1250062306
ISBN-13
9781250062307
eBay Product ID (ePID)
202497380
Product Key Features
Book Title
Queen's Bed : an Intimate History of Elizabeth's Court
Number of Pages
480 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2015
Topic
Royalty, Europe / Great Britain / Tudor & Elizabethan Era (1485-1603), Europe / Great Britain / General
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, History
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
1 in
Item Weight
13.4 Oz
Item Length
8.2 in
Item Width
5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Dewey Edition
23
Reviews
"Anna Whitelock's skillful and detailed history will bring you closer than seems possible to this glittering, infuriating, fascinating woman." -- Hilary Mantel "As Anna Whitelock's The Queen's Bed proves, there is still a new and fascinating vantage from which to consider Elizabeth I." -- Kathryn Harrison, New York Times Book Review (Editors' Choice) " The Queen's Bed is filled with fascinating details of life at her court, with eyewitness accounts from diaries, letters, and pamphlets . . . A trove of interesting facts." -- Moira Hodgson, The Wall Street Journal "This is an intimate history of the court and a brilliant history of intimacy." -- The Mail on Sunday (UK) "Engrossing and admirably researched . . . With this dazzling portrait of Mary's successor, she takes her place among the foremost--and most enthrallingly readable--historians of the Tudors." -- The Sunday Times (UK) "Whitelock makes sparkling use of the eye-witness testimonies of courtiers, who recorded their impressions of the Queen in letters as gossipy and vivid as any tweet or Facebook post . . . The charm of Anna Whitelock's portrait of the Queen and her times is that it shows the monarch and the woman, in all her power and pathos, through the eyes of the people who knew her best." -- Jane Shilling, Daily Mail "A great story, told with wit and verve." -- John Gallagher, The Telegraph, Engrossing and admirably researched . . . With this dazzling portrait of Mary's successor, she takes her place among the foremost--and most enthrallingly readable--historians of the Tudors., "Anna Whitelock's skillful and detailed history will bring you closer than seems possible to this glittering, infuriating, fascinating woman."-Hilary Mantel"As Anna Whitelock's The Queen's Bed proves, there is still a new and fascinating vantage from which to consider Elizabeth I... "-Kathryn Harrison, New York Times Book Review "[ The Queen's Bed ] is filled with fascinating details of life at her court, with eyewitness accounts from diaries, letters and pamphlets... a trove of interesting facts."-Moira Hodgson, Wall Street Journal, The Queen's Bed is filled with fascinating details of life at her court, with eyewitness accounts from diaries, letters, and pamphlets . . . A trove of interesting facts., As Anna Whitelock's The Queen's Bed proves, there is still a new and fascinating vantage from which to consider Elizabeth I., Whitelock makes sparkling use of the eye-witness testimonies of courtiers, who recorded their impressions of the Queen in letters as gossipy and vivid as any tweet or Facebook post . . . The charm of Anna Whitelock's portrait of the Queen and her times is that it shows the monarch and the woman, in all her power and pathos, through the eyes of the people who knew her best., "Anna Whitelock's skillful and detailed history will bring you closer than seems possible to this glittering, infuriating, fascinating woman."- Hilary Mantel "As Anna Whitelock's The Queen's Bed proves, there is still a new and fascinating vantage from which to consider Elizabeth I."- Kathryn Harrison, New York Times Book Review (Editors' Choice) " The Queen's Bed is filled with fascinating details of life at her court, with eyewitness accounts from diaries, letters, and pamphlets . . . A trove of interesting facts."- Moira Hodgson, The Wall Street Journal "This is an intimate history of the court and a brilliant history of intimacy."- The Mail on Sunday (UK) "Engrossing and admirably researched . . . With this dazzling portrait of Mary's successor, she takes her place among the foremost-and most enthrallingly readable-historians of the Tudors."- The Sunday Times (UK) "Whitelock makes sparkling use of the eye-witness testimonies of courtiers, who recorded their impressions of the Queen in letters as gossipy and vivid as any tweet or Facebook post . . . The charm of Anna Whitelock's portrait of the Queen and her times is that it shows the monarch and the woman, in all her power and pathos, through the eyes of the people who knew her best."- Jane Shilling, Daily Mail "A great story, told with wit and verve."- John Gallagher, The Telegraph, Anna Whitelock's skillful and detailed history will bring you closer than seems possible to this glittering, infuriating, fascinating woman.
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Dewey Decimal
942.05/5
Table of Content
CONTENTS Author's Note xi Prologue: Shameful Slanders 1 1. The Queen's Two Bodies 7 2. The Queen Is Dead, Long Live the Queen 11 3. Familia Reginae 17 4. Not a Morning Person 23 5. Womanish Infirmity 30 6. Disreputable Rumours 34 7. Ruin of the Realm 42 8. Carnal Copulation 51 9. Arcana Imperii 60 10. Smallpox 65 11. Devouring Lions 73 12. Ménage à Trois 80 13. Visitor to the Bedchamber 84 14. Sour and Noisome 90 15. Untouched and Unimpaired 94 16. Greatly Grieved 99 17. Suspicious Mind 105 18. The Elixir of Life 110 19 Barren Stock 115 20. Wicked Intentions 120 21. Secret Enemies 127 22. Want of Posterity 132 23. Compass Her Death 136 24. Beside Her Bed 141 25. Lewd Fantasy 149 26. Blows and Evil Words 153 27. Kenilworth 157 28. Badness of Belief 163 29. Toothache 169 30. Amorous Potions 173 31. Froggie Went A-Courtin' 180 32. Semper Eadem 190 33. The Die Is Cast 194 34. The Enemy Sleeps Not 199 35. In Defence of the Queen's Body 203 36. Agent Provocateur? 208 37. Unseemly Familiarities 212 38. Especial Favour 219 39. Th e Deed Shall Be Done 223 40. Blow Up the Bed 230 41. Nightmares 235 42. Secret Son? 241 43. Satan's Instruments 246 44. Barricaded from Within 251 45. Suspected and Discontented Persons 260 46. Age and Decay 266 47. Abused Her Body 274 48. The Physician's Poison 278 49. Love and Self-Love 283 50. Privy Matters 289 51. Foolish and Old 295 52. Mask of Youth 301 53. The Poisoned Pommel 304 54. Crooked Carcass 308 55. Lèse Majesté 312 56. Dangerous and Malicious Ends 319 57. No Season to Fool 323 58. Age Itself Is a Sickness 328 59. All Are in a Dump at Court 333 60. Deathbed 341 61. Regina Intacta 344 62. The Queen's Effigy 349 Epilogue: Secret Histories 353 Notes 359 Bibliography 415 Acknowledgements 443 Index 447
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