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010      2013036857 
019    846552858 
020    9780374239787|q(hardcover) :|c$28.00 
020    0374239789|q(hardcover) 
020    |z9781429949163|q(ebook) 
035    (OCoLC)846545247|z(OCoLC)846552858 
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050 00 DA356|b.W48 2014 
082 00 942.05/5|223 
100 1  Whitelock, Anna,|eauthor. 
240 10 Elizabeth's bedfellows 
245 14 The queen's bed :|ban intimate history of Elizabeth's 
       court /|cAnna Whitelock. 
250    First American edition. 
264  1 New York :|bSarah Crichton Books, Farrar, Straus and 
       Giroux,|c2014. 
300    462 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates :|billustrations 
       (some color), portraits ;|c24 cm 
336    text|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|2rdamedia 
338    volume|2rdacarrier 
500    "Originally published in 2013 by Bloomsbury Publishing, 
       Great Britain, as 'Elizabeth's bedfellows : an intimate 
       history of the Queen's Court'"--T.p. verso. 
504    Includes bibliographical references (pages 359-441) and 
       index. 
505 0  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 -- Lèse majesté 
       -- 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. 
520    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. 
598    ENFDNFIC 
600 00 Elizabeth|bI,|cQueen of England,|d1533-1603|xSexual 
       behavior. 
650  0 Ladies-in-waiting|zEngland|xHistory|y16th century. 
650  0 Queens|zEngland|xSocial conditions|y16th century. 
651  0 Great Britain|xHistory|yElizabeth, 1558-1603. 
651  0 Great Britain|xCourt and courtiers|xHistory|y16th century.
651  0 Great Britain|xPolitics and government|y1558-1603. 
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