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The Waiting Game: The Untold Story of the Women Who Served the Tudor Queens

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“Opinions are swayed and decisions made as commonly in the pub after work as in the office boardroom, and 'soft power' is as crucial as formal hierarchical structures. A quiet word behind the scenes, an appropriately timed gift, a well-negotiated marriage alliance - the general management of the human networks so necessary in early modern society were all forms of political agency wielded expertly by women.”

Women Power Society Hidden Network Soft

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“The Waiting Game" is designed partly as an example of what we might learn when we pay attention to those who spent much of their time in the background and who were never supposed to leave much trace behind.”

Women Attention Power Background Trace

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“The very same night, Hastings removed his wife from court and placed her in a convent sixty miles away, the early modern equivalent of being told to go and stand in the corner and think about what you had done.”

Women Marriage Punishment Convent Equivalent Time Out

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