The queen's handmaiden
Record details
- ISBN: 9781436248488 (electronic bk.)
- ISBN: 1436248485 (electronic bk.)
- ISBN: 9781440620812 (electronic bk.)
- ISBN: 1440620814 (electronic bk.)
- ISBN: 9781436255172 (electronic bk.)
- ISBN: 1436255171 (electronic bk.)
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Physical Description:
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1 online resource (323 p.) - Edition: 1st ed.
- Publisher: New York : Berkley Books, 2007.
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Source of Description Note: | Description based on print version record. |
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Genre: | Historical fiction. Electronic books. Fiction. |
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Summary:
A novel of the early years of Elizabeth Tudor-as told by the spirited niece of her real-life governess. Her name is Eloise Rousell . Daughter of a well-bred lady and a strolling player, she lived her early years in peaceful obscurity. But then her father died-and her new stepfather wanted none of her. So she was sent to her aunt, Kat Ashley-governess to the young Elizabeth Tudor. In the tumultuous household of the princess in exile, Eloise finds her destiny- best friend, confidante, lady-in-waiting, and favored seamstress of the fiery girl who would become the greatest monarch of all time. Through a decade of plots and counter-plots, tragedies and triumphs, Eloise, like her aunt, is a constant in Elizabeth's life. Risking her heart- and her head-in service to the cause of seeing Elizabeth on the throne, Eloise is a bright, brave, sprightly witness to history. This is her story.