title: The Queen's Bed: An Intimate History of Elizabeth's Court
author:  Anna Whitelock 
description: Whitelock delves deep into the court of Queen Elizabeth Iin fact, into the monarchs very bedchamber, where she examines the lives, the roles, and the influence of her most favored ladies-in-waiting. Culled from the aristocracy and much more than glorified servants, these women bathed, clothed, and often shared a bed with the queen. In doing so, they bore witness to the political rivalries, social gambits, and personal scandals that perpetually surrounded Elizabeth. Charged with pampering and protecting the queens body, they also zealously guarded her secretsoften with very little thanks or considerationin the fishbowl environment of the Elizabethan court. This intimate history of Elizabeths boudoir and the women who populated it approaches a popular biographical subject from an entirely fresh angle, providing an enlightening peek into her private persona. --Margaret Flanagan
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  # The Visits of Elizabeth
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### Elinor Glyn
  
  
  
  
  
    
  
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  NAZEBY HALL
  
  
  300 EATON PLACE
  
  
  HEAVILAND MANOR
  
  
  HAZELDENE COURT
  
  
  CHATEAU DE CROIXMARE
  
  
  YACHT “SAUTERELLE”
  
  
  CAUDEBEC
  
  
  HOTEL FRASCATI, HAVRE
  
  
  CHATEAU DE CROIXMARE
  
  
  CHATEAU DE CROIXMARE
  
  
  RETBY
  
  
  CARRISTON TOWERS
  
  
  CHEVENIX CASTLE
  
  
  FOLJAMBE PLACE
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
      
  
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  [Illustration: Elizabeth]
  
  
  THE VISITS OF ELIZABETH
  
  
  _By_ ELINOR GLYN
  
  
  
  
  
  TWENTY SECOND EDITION.
  
  
  Cambridge U.S.A.
  
  
  MDCCCI (1901)
  
  
  
  
  
  Contents
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### NAZEBY HALL
  
  
  
  
  
    
  
  
    
  It was perhaps a fortunate thing for Elizabeth that her ancestors
  
  
  went back to the Conquest, and that she numbered at least two
  
  
  Countesses and a Duchess among her relatives. Her father had died some
  
  
  years ago, and, her mother being an invalid, she had lived a good deal
  
  
  abroad. But, at about sevent