WAITING GAME (TUDOR QUEENS) (WEIDENFELD & NICOLSON) (HB)

Every Tudor Queen had ladies-in-waiting. Only the Queen's ladies had the right to enter her most private chambers. They were her confidantes and her chaperones, but they also held a unique power. A quiet word behind the scenes, an appropriately timed gift, a well-negotiated marriage alliance were all forms of political agency wielded expertly by women. The Waiting Game explores the daily lives of ladies-in-waiting, revealing the secrets of recruitment, costume, what they ate, where (and with whom) they slept.