Professor Anna Whitelock

Elizabeth's Bedfellows

An Intimate History of the Queen's Court

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Produktbeschreibung

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 offerextraordinary insight into the daily life of the Elizabethans, the fragility of royal favour and the price of disloyalty.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Trade
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 160400
• Seitenzahl: 488
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Mai 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 199mm x 131mm x 33mm
• Gewicht: 362g
• ISBN-13: 9781408833643
• ISBN-10: 1408833646
• Artikelnr.: 39859072

Autorenporträt

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

Rezensionen

Elizabeth, subtle and seductive, was also a warrior. Self-possessed, she was also owned by every gossip in Europe. Her virginity was a national asset, but a wasting asset as her reign progressed. Her body was the body politic, closely guarded but obscenely scrutinised, subject to adoration, speculation and threat. Anna Whitelock's skilful and detailed history will bring you closer than seems possible to this glittering, infuriating, fascinating woman Hilary Mantel