Name: Maid of the King's Court
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Author: Worsley, Lucy
ISBN: 9780763688066

Type

Physical Book

Author

Lucy Worsley

Publisher

Candlewick Books

Year

2017

Language

English

Pages

368

Format

Hardcover

ISBN13

9780763688066

Synopsis "Maid of the King's Court "

In the vibrant, volatile court of Henry VIII, can even the most willful young woman direct her own fate and follow her heart in a world ruled by powerful men?Clever, headstrong Elizabeth Rose Camperdowne knows her duty. As the sole heiress to an old but impoverished noble family, Eliza must marry a man of wealth and title — it’s the only fate for a girl of her standing. But when a surprising turn of events lands her in the royal court as a maid of honor to Anne of Cleves, Eliza is drawn into the dizzying, dangerous orbit of Henry the Eighth and struggles to distinguish friend from foe. Is her glamorous flirt of a cousin, Katherine Howard, an ally in this deceptive place, or is she Eliza’s worst enemy? And then there’s Ned Barsby, the king’s handsome page, who is entirely unsuitable for Eliza but impossible to ignore. British historian Lucy Worsley provides a vivid, romantic glimpse of the treachery, tragedy, and thrills of life in the Tudor court.

Lucy Worsley

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Lucy Worsley is an English historian and presenter of historical programs for the BBC. An admirer of Jane Austen, in 2017 she published a biography titled Jane Austen at Home: A Biography in which she offers a different perspective of the brilliant writer

Lucy has published several books, many guides to houses and the like. Courtiers: The Secret History of the Georgian Court (2011) is her most recent historical work. In 2014, BBC Books published her book A Very British Murder, based on the series. In April 2016, Worsley published her first children's novel, Eliza Rose, about a young noblewoman in a Tudor court

She currently lives in Southwark on the banks of the River Thames in South London with her husband, architect Mark Hines, whom she married in November 2011

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