Length59m
About this audiobook
He wiped the King’s backside, and shaped the fate of England.
In the glittering, rotting court of Henry VIII, no man is closer to power than Thomas Piers, Groom of the Stool. His sacred duty? Managing the King’s most private functions with silence, skill, and terrifying political acumen. One wrong move could mean execution, or worse, exile into obscurity.
As Anne Boleyn rises and falls, as the King’s body bloats and betrays him, Thomas witnesses every grim secret behind the royal tapestries. Love, betrayal, ambition, decay, it all passes through his hands. And when the order comes to forge a lie that will send a Queen to her death, Thomas must decide whether survival is worth the price of his soul.
Rooted in shocking historical truth, Groom of the Stool peels back the velvet curtain on Tudor grandeur to reveal the blood, bile, and brutal games beneath.
For fans of true tales where power corrupts absolutely, and sometimes smells worse.
Audiobook details
GenreHistorical Fiction
Length59 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJul 23, 2012
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
2Chapter One: The Throne Behind the Throne
3Chapter Two: Bloody Duties
4Chapter Three: The Weight of the Crown
5Chapter Four: The Final Service
Show all chaptersShow less
6A Note from the Author
7Historical Side Effects Disclaimer: Groom of the Stool Edition
Series
More from Ceri Clark
AmaliaCeri Clark1h 57m5.0 (1) Only with Ultra
Zero Hour GhostCeri Clark1h 27m Only with Ultra
Zero Hour ShiftCeri Clark1h 14m4.0 (4) Only with Ultra
Zero Hour MindCeri Clark1h 13m4.9 (59) Only with Ultra
Dressed to KillCeri Clark32m Only with Ultra
Black BartCeri Clark1h 7m Only with Ultra
Ceruse QueenCeri Clark39m Only with Ultra
Accidental ImmortalCeridwen Hughson10h 40m4.0 (2) Only with Ultra
Dance of the DamnedCeri Clark46m Only with Ultra
Her Name Was LucreziaCeri Clark40m Only with Ultra
Corpse on TrialCeri Clark29m Only with Ultra
The Purple ShadowCeri Clark29m5.0 (1) Only with Ultra
With Fire and Sword (Annotated)Henryk Sienkiewicz36h 6m4.6 (1K)$2 · $0.00
The Labyrinth of the SpiritsCarlos Ruiz Zafon27h 55m4.5 (77.2K)$53 · $0.00
MusashiEiji Yoshikawa53h 20m4.5 (30.6K)$30
The Eighth Life (for Brilka)Nino Haratischwili41h 10m4.5 (43.5K)$53 · $0.00
War and Peace - The Unabridged Maude Translation (Annotated)Leo Tolstoy64h 48m4.5 (362.1K)$2 · $0.00
The Things We Cannot SayKelly Rimmer13h 48m4.5 (359.1K)$33 · $0.00
Their Castilian OrphanAnna Belfrage14h 45m4.7 (122)$27
Lieutenant Hornblower (Annotated)C. S. Forester11h 41m4.5 (2.9K)$2 · $0.00
The Complete 13 Novels & longer fiction: Treasure Island, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, The Black Arrow, Kidnapped, The Master of Ballantrae, The Wrong Box and more...Robert Louis Stevenson106h 29m4.5 (1.4K)$1 · $0.00
Eagles over BritainLee Jackson12h 26m4.5 (18.6K)$23
Rilla of InglesideLucy Maud Montgomery11h 44m4.5 (48.2K)$2 · $0.00
The Viennese DressmakerKathryn Gauci11h 46m4.5 (2.1K)$23 · $0.00
The Man in the Brown Suit & They Came to BaghdadAgatha Christie15h 43m4.6 (495)$33 · $0.00
Gone With The Wind (Annotated)Margaret Mitchell46h 8m4.5 (2.5K)$1.20 · $0.00
Under the Light of the Italian MoonJennifer Anton12h 28m4.5 (5.3K)$23 · $0.00
THE COMPLETE PALLISER NOVELS (All 6 Novels in One Edition)Anthony Trollope172h 46m4.5 (1.6K)$2 · $0.00
Jubilee, 50th Anniversary EditionMargaret Walker15h 43m4.5 (9.5K)$25 · $0.00
Arch of TriumphErich Maria Remarque15h 51m4.4 (36.6K)$28
Serenade for NadiaZülfü Livaneli9h 9m4.4 (20.1K)$20
Pride and PrejudiceJane Austen14h 44m4.4 (4.7M)$2 · $0.00
You may also like
Driving ForceElle James4h 58m4.6 (407)$20 · $0.00
Measure for MeasureWilliam Shakespeare3h 9m3.9 (74.3K)$1.20 · $0.00
The Black TowerLouis Bayard9h 49m3.8 (4.8K)$20
The SwimmerJoakim Zander12h 30m3.6 (8.7K)$29 · $0.00
The Vatican DiariesJohn Thavis12h 47m3.9 (2.4K)$23 · $0.00
Gangster NationTod Goldberg11h 25m4.2 (1.4K)$23
Measure for MeasureWilliam Shakespeare2h 29m3.9 (46K)$16 · $0.00
The Perilous SeaSherry Thomas10h 39m4.2 (14.5K)$29 · $0.00
UntraceableSergei Lebedev7h 51m3.7 (1.6K)$20
The SwimmerJoakim Zander12h 30m3.7 (9.4K)$29 · $0.00
The SwimmerJoakim Zander12h 30m3.7 (9.4K)$29 · $0.00
The Works of William Shakespeare William Shakespeare2h 25m4.6 (140.1K)Free
Uncle's DreamFyodor Dostoevsky5h 57m3.6 (5.1K)$5 · $0.00
Princess MaritzaPercy James Brebner9h 54m3.2 (36)$2 · $0.00
The man with the iron maskMarius Topin3h 23m$2 · $0.00
The King of AlsanderJames Elroy Flecker5h 40m$2 · $0.00
The Vanishing PointConingsby Dawson8h 58m$2 · $0.00
A Lost LeaderE. Phillips Oppenheim7h 39m3.3 (32)$1 · $0.00
The Last of the BorgiasFred M. White3h 39m$7 · $0.00
Louisa of Prussia and Her TimesL. Mühlbach26h 10m$2 · $0.00