Contents

List of Plates

Acknowledgements

Introduction

1.Men of Mark

2.Fortune Ruleth our Helme

3.A Courtier to his Fingertips

4.Fortune, Infortune

5.The Picklock of Princes

6.Betwixt Two Princes

7.The Balance of Power

8.Declare, I Dare Not

9.Treasonous Waters

10.The Boleyn Enterprise

11.Ainsi sera, groigne, qui groigne

12.Nowe Thus

13.Turning Tides

14.Trying a Queen

15.Aftermath

Appendix I

Appendix II

Notes

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