num_pages: 352
description: 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. Drawing on a wide variety of primary sources, this lively, full-scale study by a bestselling author combines anecdote with searching analysis to create social history at its most colorful and entertaining.
language: English
title: Ladies in Waiting: From the Tudors to the Present Day
titlecomplete: Ladies in Waiting: From the Tudors to the Present Day
genres: British Literature, Historical, History, 18th Century, Tudor Period, Research, Biography, 17th Century, Nonfiction, Womens
ratings_count: 299
publisher: Phoenix