LADIES IN WATING
From the Tudors to the present days
By Anne Somerset
Drawn from variety of resources, including the diaries of Lady Anne Clifford, Lady Cowper, and Fanny Bumey. Fascinating expose of the lives of ladies in waiting may lead you to revise your ideas about what exactly went on in the exotic and eccentric world of the court. At a time when virtually every profession was an exclusively masculine preserve. The position of the lady in waiting on the queen was almost the only occupation that an upper class English woman could with propriety pursue. What is more, if they become royal mistresses, real power was within their grasp. Some, such as the rapacious Lady Castle Maine, amassed a fortune. Anne Boleyn lost her head. Even today the queen is assisted in the execution of her duties by a group of women whose duty is to provide her with companionship and support
From the Tudors to the present days
By Anne Somerset
Drawn from variety of resources, including the diaries of Lady Anne Clifford, Lady Cowper, and Fanny Bumey. Fascinating expose of the lives of ladies in waiting may lead you to revise your ideas about what exactly went on in the exotic and eccentric world of the court. At a time when virtually every profession was an exclusively masculine preserve. The position of the lady in waiting on the queen was almost the only occupation that an upper class English woman could with propriety pursue. What is more, if they become royal mistresses, real power was within their grasp. Some, such as the rapacious Lady Castle Maine, amassed a fortune. Anne Boleyn lost her head. Even today the queen is assisted in the execution of her duties by a group of women whose duty is to provide her with companionship and support
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