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Title The queen's bed [electronic resource eBook] : an intimate history of Elizabeth's court / Anna Whitelock.
Publisher [Place of publication not identified] : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2014.
Description 1 online resource.
Edition First American edition.


BIBLIOGRAPHY Includes bibliographical references (pages 415-441) and index.
Contents Prologue : 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 -- Menage a 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 -- Lese majeste -- 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 -- Epilogue : Secret histories.
Summary An Elizabethan expert describes the court of Queen Elizabeth I, painting a vivid picture of the gossip, conspiracy, intrigue, and romantic dalliances that surrounded the monarch and the daily lives of the women that attended her.
System details Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Format: Adobe EPUB eBook.
Format: Kindle Book.
Format: OverDrive Read.
Requires Adobe Digital Editions or Amazon Kindle.
Other edition Original 9780374239787
Subject 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.
Genre Electronic books.
Other corporate author OverDrive, Inc.
ISBN 9781429949163
STANDARD # 7A6B9482-B1B5-4813-B12B-2C156D4CE2C5 OverDrive