“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.” WomenAttentionPowerBackgroundTrace Book:The Waiting Game: The Untold Story of the Women Who Served the Tudor Queens Source: The Waiting Game: The Untold Story of the Women Who Served the Tudor Queens
“These women's long-standing ability to fade into the background has served them well. To follow them as a historian is often to see them slide out of view as soon as one tries to focus the lens. But allowing light into the darker corners of any history illuminates more than just one frame. To tell Henry's reign from the perspective of ladies-in-waiting is to see the familiar become unfamiliar. We were never supposed to know these stories like this. It's important that we do.” HistoryFocusImportanceFamiliarStoryIlluminationBackground Book:The Waiting Game: The Untold Story of the Women Who Served the Tudor Queens Source: The Waiting Game: The Untold Story of the Women Who Served the Tudor Queens