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Author Name
SOMERSET, Anne
Title Ladies-In-Waiting: From the Tudors to the Present Day
Binding Hardcover
Book Condition Good+ in Very Good- dust wrapper
Edition First US Edition
Size 342 pages
Publisher NY Alfred A. Knopf 1984
ISBN Number
0394520009 / 9780394520001
Illustrator B&W Illustrations
Seller ID 6437
Spine ends lightly bumped, corners bumped revealing boards on two corners; no binding problems. Red remainder mark on top page edge, page edges pale yellow, bottom edge of last 40 pages rippled; interior pages clean. Unclipped dust wrapper edgeworn with a few closed tears and creases.; '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.'
Great Britain Lady-in-Waiting Women British Woman Author Biography Courtiers British History
Price =
11.75 USD
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