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Index
Cover
Half Title Page
Title Page
Dedication
Contents
Illustration Credits
Game of Queens: Who’s Who
Maps
Chronology
Preface
Author’s Note
PART I: 1474–1513
1 Entrance
2 ‘Lessons for my Daughter’
3 Youthful experience
4 ‘Fate is very cruel to women’
5 Princess Brides
6 Repositioning
7 ‘False imputations’
8 Flodden
PART II: 1514–1521
9 Wheel of Fortune
10 ‘a splendid New Year’s gift’
11 ‘One of the lowest-brought ladies’
12 ‘inestimable and praiseworthy services’
13 The Field of Cloth of Gold
14 Repercussions
PART III: 1522–1536
15 ‘Wild for to hold’
16 Pavia
17 ‘a true, loyal mistress and friend’
18 New pieces on the board
19 ‘ladies might well come forward’
20 The Ladies’ Peace
21 Exits and entrances
22 ‘Thus it will be’
23 ‘a native-born Frenchwoman’
24 ‘inclined towards the Gospel’
25 ‘to doubt the end’
PART IV: 1537–1553
26 Daughters in jeopardy
27 Pawns and princesses
28 New winds
29 Accommodations
30 ‘device for the succession’
PART V: 1553–1560
31 ‘Herculean daring’
32 ‘not one year of rest’
33 Sisters and rivals
34 ‘if God is with us’
35 ‘maidenly estate’
36 Trouble in Scotland
PART VI: 1560–1572
37 ‘Rancour and division’
38 ‘Two Queens in One Isle’
39 Challenge and conciliation
40 ‘Majesty and love do not sit well together’
41 ‘daughter of debate’
42 The Massacre of St Bartholomew’s Day
PART VII: 1572 onwards
43 Turning points
44 Prise
Postscript
Plate Section
A note on sources
Acknowledgements
Notes
Imprint page
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