Waiting game: the untold story of the women who served the Tudor queens

Note on money, dates, names and titles

Cast of main characters

Preface

Part one: 1501-1592. Brittle fortune ; So much loyalty ; My lord, my husband ; Richly beseen ; Stout resolution

Part two: 1529-1536. Faithful to her ; On the queen's side ; Fragility and brittleness ; Extreme handling ; Inconstant and mutable fortune ; Such as about me as I never loved

Part three: 1536-1547. Too wise for a woman ; Sworn the queen's maid ; Juggling ; The principle occasion of her folly ; When women became such clerks

Epilogue

Acknowledgments

Illustration credits

Notes

Bibliography

Index.