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Great Ladies
- Author
- Sylvia Barbara Soberton
- Narrator
- Elizabeth Jasicki
- Publisher
- Tantor Media, Inc
- Publish Date
- 12 February 2019
- Run Time
- 6 hours 58 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
Some ladies who served at the Tudor court are only faceless silhouettes lost to the sands of time, but there are those who dedicated their lives to please their royal mistresses and left documentation, allowing us to piece their life stories together and link them to the stories of Tudor queens. These female attendants saw their queens and princesses up close and often used their intimate bonds to their own benefit. Some were beloved, others hated.
This is the story of the ladies of the Tudor court like you've never heard it before.
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Details
- Author
- Sylvia Barbara Soberton
- Narrator
- Elizabeth Jasicki
- Duration
- 6 hours 58 minutes
- Release Date
- 12 February 2019
- ISBN
- 9781977343765
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Tantor Media, Inc
- Genre
- Biography: general, Social and cultural history, Gender studies: women and girls, European history, Biography: historical, political and military, History
Synopsis
There has been a great deal written about Tudor queens, but less so about those women who surrounded the throne, who may have held even more power and influence than those who actually wore the golden crown.Some ladies who served at the Tudor court are only faceless silhouettes lost to the sands of time, but there are those who dedicated their lives to please their royal mistresses and left documentation, allowing us to piece their life stories together and link them to the stories of Tudor queens. These female attendants saw their queens and princesses up close and often used their intimate bonds to their own benefit. Some were beloved, others hated.This is the story of the ladies of the Tudor court like you've never heard it before.
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