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1500s: Television historian Lucy Worsley gives you a glimpse behind the scenes of the Tudor court.
1500s: Television historian Lucy Worsley gives you a glimpse behind the scenes of the Tudor court.
I would often wonder about my future husband. A knight? A duke? A stable boy? Of course the last was just a wicked fancy.
Eliza Rose Camperdowne is young and headstrong, but she knows her duty well. As the only daughter of a noble family, she must one day marry a man who is very grand and very rich.
But Fate has other plans. When Eliza becomes a maid of honour, she’s drawn into the thrilling, treacherous court of Henry the Eighth …
Is her glamorous cousin Katherine Howard a friend or a rival?
And can a girl choose her own destiny in a world ruled by men?
Destination: England, London Author/Guide: Lucy Worsley Departure Time: 1535
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