Ladies in Waiting by Lady Anne Somerset
'...a naughty knickers version of our island story' Auberon Waugh, DAILY MAIL
Anne Somerset's gossipy Ladies in Waiting provides a wealth of juicy anecdotal material about five centuries of court life from Henry VIII to Elizabeth II * NEW YORK TIMES *
Extraordinarily enjoyable.. Colourful and entertaining ... A Naughty Knickers version of our island story -- Auberon Waugh * DAILY MAIL *
A pleasing account of the upper-class ladies who slaved, suffered and starved in royal service * SUNDAY TIMES *
An extremely informative and well-documented study that ... because it is full of odd episodes and graphic portraits, will make admirable bedside reading * SUNDAY TELEGRAPH *
Lady Anne writes with perception, wit, candour and a confident authority -- Hugh Montgomery Massingberd * THE SPECTATOR *
From four centuries of courtly life and love, Anne Somerset has compiled a sparkling history, lucidly written and of impeccable scholarship * COUNTRY LIFE *
Extraordinarily enjoyable.. Colourful and entertaining ... A Naughty Knickers version of our island story -- Auberon Waugh * DAILY MAIL *
A pleasing account of the upper-class ladies who slaved, suffered and starved in royal service * SUNDAY TIMES *
An extremely informative and well-documented study that ... because it is full of odd episodes and graphic portraits, will make admirable bedside reading * SUNDAY TELEGRAPH *
Lady Anne writes with perception, wit, candour and a confident authority -- Hugh Montgomery Massingberd * THE SPECTATOR *
From four centuries of courtly life and love, Anne Somerset has compiled a sparkling history, lucidly written and of impeccable scholarship * COUNTRY LIFE *
Anne Somerset was born in 1955 and read history at King's College London. In 1980, her first book, The Life and Times of William IV, was published in Weidenfeld & Nicolson's Kings and Queens of England series. This was followed by Ladies-in-Waiting: From the Tudors to the Present Day; a biography of Elizabeth I; Unnatural Murder: Poison at the Court of James I; and The Affair of the Poisons: Murder, Infanticide and Satanism at the Court of Louis XIV.Queen Anne: The Politics of Passion, a biography of England's last Stuart monarch, was awarded the 2013 Elizabeth Longford Prize for Historical Biography. Until his death in 2011, Anne Somerset was married to the artist Matthew Carr. She lives in London with her daughter.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781842125960 |
| ISBN 10 | 1842125966 |
| Title | Ladies in Waiting |
| Author | Lady Anne Somerset |
| Series | Phoenix Press Ser |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Orion Publishing Co |
| Year published | 2002-03-14 |
| Number of pages | 352 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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