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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Booklist Review     Library Journal Review     Publisher Weekly Review     Table of Contents     More Content       More by this author     Whitelock, Anna.     Subjects     Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 1533-1603 -- Sexual behavior.     Ladies-in-waiting -- England -- History -- 16th century.     Queens -- England -- Social conditions -- 16th century.     Great Britain -- History -- Elizabeth, 1558-1603.     Great Britain -- Court and courtiers -- History -- 16th century.     Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1558-1603.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Whitelock, Anna.       by title:      The Queen's bed : an...       by call number:      942.055 W594q     Search the Web     Whitelock, Anna.     Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 1533-1603 -- Sexual behavior.     Ladies-in-waiting -- England -- History -- 16th century.     Queens -- England -- Social conditions -- 16th century.     Great Britain -- History -- Elizabeth, 1558-1603.     Great Britain -- Court and courtiers -- History -- 16th century.     Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1558-1603.       MARC Display

The Queen's bed : an intimate history of Elizabeth's court / Anna Whitelock. by Whitelock, Anna. Sarah Crichton Books, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2014. Call #: 942.055 W594q Subjects Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 1533-1603 -- Sexual behavior.   Ladies-in-waiting -- England -- History -- 16th century.   Queens -- England -- Social conditions -- 16th century.   Great Britain -- History -- Elizabeth, 1558-1603.   Great Britain -- Court and courtiers -- History -- 16th century.   Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1558-1603. ISBN:  9780374239787 (hc.) 0374239789 (hc.) Alternate title:  Elizabeth's bedfellows : an intimate history of the Queen's Court. Edition:  First American edition. Description:  462 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 24 cm. Notes:  "Originally published in 2013 by Bloomsbury Publishing, Great Britain, as 'Elizabeth's bedfellows : an intimate history of the Queen's Court'"--T.p. verso. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references (pages 359-441) and index. Contents:  Shameful slanders -- The Queen's two bodies -- The Queen is dead, long live the Queen -- Familia Reginae -- Not a morning person -- Womanish infirmity -- Disreputable rumours -- Ruin of the realm -- Carnal copulation -- Arcana Imperii -- Smallpox -- Devouring lions -- Ménage à trois -- Visitor to the bedchamber -- Sour and noisome -- Untouched and unimpaired -- Greatly grieved -- Suspicious mind -- The elixir of life -- Barren stock -- Wicked intentions -- Secret enemies -- Want of posterity -- Compass her death -- Beside her bed -- Lewd fantasy -- Blows and evil words -- Kenilworth -- Badness of belief -- Toothache -- Amorous potions -- Froggie went a-courtin' -- Semper Eadem -- The die is cast -- The enemy sleeps not -- In defence of the Queen's body -- Agent provocateur? -- Unseemly familiarities -- Especial favour -- The deed shall be done -- Blow up the bed -- Nightmares -- Secret son? -- Satan's instruments -- Barricaded from within -- Suspected and discontented persons -- Age and decay -- Abused her body -- The physician's poison -- Love and self-love -- Privy matters -- Foolish and old -- Mask of youth -- The poisoned pommel -- Crooked carcass -- L��ưese majest��ưe -- Dangerous and malicious ends -- No season to fool -- Age itself is a sickness -- All are in a dump at court -- Deathbed -- Regina Intacta -- The Queen's effigy -- Secret histories. Summary:  Queen Elizabeth I acceded to the throne in 1558, restoring the Protestant faith to England. At the heart of the new queen's court lay her bedchamber, closely guarded by the favored women who helped her dress, looked after her jewels, and shared her bed. Her bedfellows were witnesses to the face and body beneath the makeup and raiment, as well as to rumored dalliances with such figures as Earl Robert Dudley. Their presence was for security as well as propriety, as the kingdom was haunted by fears of assassination plots and other Catholic stratagems. Historian Anna Whitelock offers a revealing look at the Elizabethan court and the politics of intimacy. She dramatically reconstructs, for the first time, the queen's quarters and the women who patrolled them. These women were her friends, confidantes, and spies--nobody knew her better. And until now, historians have overlooked them. This is a revelatory, insightful look into their daily lives--the untold story of the queen laid bare.--From publisher description. Holds:  1   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Captain William Spry Public Library Adult Nonfiction 942.055 W594q Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList Tantallon Public Library Adult Nonfiction 942.055 W594q Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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