The Queen's Handmaiden
A Novel of Tudor England
Berkley Pub Group
Historical Romance
October 2, 2007
ISBN-10: 0425217329
ISBN-13: 9780425217320
Available in: Trade Size
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The Queen's Handmaiden
by Jennifer Ashley
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.v
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Jennifer Ashley's Bio
New York Times and USA Today Bestselling author Jennifer Ashley has lived and traveled all over the world, and now lives in the Southwest. She writes historical, paranormal, and contemporary romance as Jennifer Ashley; mysteries as Ashley Gardner; and paranormal romance and urban fantasy as Allyson James.
Jennifer’s/Allyson’s/Ashley’s novels and novellas have won RWA’s RITA award, the Golden Quill, RT Reviewer’s Choice awards, and the Prism award, among others. Jennifer’s novels have been been translated into French, German, Spanish, Dutch, Japanese, Norwegian, Hungarian, Italian, Thai, Indonesian, Slovene, Portuguese, Russian, and other languages.
Jennifer enjoys writing and reading above all else, but her hobbies include cooking, hiking, playing flute and guitar, painting, and building miniature rooms and dollhouses.