Elizabeth's bedfellows : an intimate history of the queen's court /: an intimate history of the queen's court. (2013)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Anna Whitelock.
• Authors: Whitelock, Anna
• Contents: Machine generated contents note: 1. The Queen's Two Bodies -- 2. The Queen is Dead, Long Live the Queen -- 3. Familia Reginae -- 4. Not a Morning Person -- 5. Womanish Infirmity -- 6. Disreputable Rumours -- 7. Ruin of the Realm -- 8. Carnal Copulation -- 9. Arcana Imperii -- 10. Smallpox -- 11. Devouring Lions -- 12. Menage a Trois -- 13. Visitor to the Bedchamber -- 14. Sour and Noisome -- 15. Untouched and Unimpaired -- 16. Greatly Grieved -- 17. Suspicious Mind -- 18. The Elixir of Life -- 19. Barren Stock -- 20. Wicked Intentions -- 21. Secret Enemies -- 22. Want of Posterity -- 23.Compass her Death -- 24. Beside her Bed -- 25. Lewd Fantasy -- 26. Blows and Evil Words -- 27. Kenilworth -- 28. Badness of Belief -- 29. Toothache -- 30. Amorous Potions -- 31. Froggie Went A-Courtin' -- 32. Semper Eadem -- 33. The Die is Cast -- 34. The Enemy Sleeps Not -- 35. In Defence of the Queen's Body -- 36. Agent Provocateur? -- 37. Unseemly Familiarities -- 38. Especial Favour -- 39. The Deed shall be Done. Contents note continued: 40. Blow up the Bed -- 41. Nightmares -- 42. Secret Son? -- 43. Satan's Instruments -- 44. Barricaded from Within -- 45. Suspected and Discontented Persons -- 46. Age and Decay -- 47. Abused her Body -- 48. The Physician's Poison -- 49. Love and Self-Love -- 50. Privy Matters -- 51. Foolish and Old -- 52. Mask of Youth -- 53. The Poisoned Pommel -- 54. Crooked Carcass -- 55. Lese Majeste -- 56. Dangerous and Malicious Ends -- 57. No Season to Fool -- 58. Age Itself is a Sickness -- 59. All are in a Dump at Court -- 60. Deathbed -- 61. Regina Intacta -- 62. The Queen's Effigy.
• Publisher Details: London : Bloomsbury
• Publication Date: 2013
• Extent: 1 online resource (462 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates), illustrations (some color), portraits (some color)
• Subjects: 942.055; History -- General; Ladies-in-waiting -- England -- History -- 16th century; Queens -- England -- Social conditions -- 16th century; Courts and courtiers; Ladies-in-waiting; Political science; Queens -- Social conditions; Sex; History; Great Britain -- History -- Elizabeth, 1558-1603; Great Britain -- Court and courtiers -- History -- 16th century; Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1558-1603; England; Great Britain; Electronic books; History; Sexual behavior
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781408833636; 1408833638
• Related ISBNs: 9781408808801; 1408808803; 9781408836613; 1408836610
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 415-441) and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.