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Born into poverty and raised in a brothel, Nell Gwynne sells oranges in the pit
at London’s King’s Theater, newly reopened after the plague and the Great
Fire devastated the city. Soon, her quick sense of humor and natural charm
get her noticed by those who have the means to make her life easier. But the street-smart Nell knows a woman doesn’t get ahead by selling her body. Through talent, charm, intelligence, and sheer...
at London’s King’s Theater, newly reopened after the plague and the Great
Fire devastated the city. Soon, her quick sense of humor and natural charm
get her noticed by those who have the means to make her life easier. But the street-smart Nell knows a woman doesn’t get ahead by selling her body. Through talent, charm, intelligence, and sheer...
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"The extraordinary tale of the five Nesle sisters--Louise, Pauline, Diane, Hortense, and Marie-Anne--four of whom became mistresses to King Louis XV. Their scandalous story is stranger than fiction but true in every shocking, amusing, and heartbreaking detail. Court intriguers are beginning to sense that young King Louis XV, after seven years of marriage, is tiring of his Polish wife. The race is on to find a mistress for the royal bed as various...
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Sun Court duet volume 1
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English
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Set against the magnificent decadence of the 17th century court of the Sun King, Mistress of the Sun begins when an eccentric young Louise falls in love with a wild white stallion and uses ancient magic to tame him. This one desperate action of her youth shadows her throughout her life, changing it in ways she could never imagine. Unmarriageable, and too poor to join a convent, she enters the court of the Sun King as a maid-of-honor, where the King...
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A vivid imagining of Restoration London. As her roles evolve from supporting to starring, the scope of Nell Gwyn's life broadens as well. Despite his reputation as a libertine, she captures the heart of Charles II and becomes his mistress--but can she survive the gossip and bitter court politics?
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"In the final installment of Sally Christie's "tantalizing" (New York Daily News) Mistresses of Versailles trilogy, Jeanne Becu, a woman of astounding beauty but humble birth, works her way from the grimy back streets of Paris to the palace of Versailles, where the aging King Louis XV has become a jaded and bitter old philanderer. Jeanne bursts into his life and, as the Comtesse du Barry, quickly becomes his official mistress. "That beastly bourgeois...
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Lady slayers novel volume 02
Pub. Date
2021.
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English
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In 17th-century Paris, Catherine Monvoisin reinvents herself as a sorceress to escape poverty when her spendthrift husband lands them deeply in debt. With the help of her prophetic visions, a grimoire given to her by a legitimate diviner, and a little grease from an unscrupulous mentor, soon the 19-year-old has helped a young Marquise become Louis XIV's royal mistress. Her reputation and prospects soar as she pits the noblesse against each other,...
8) The darling strumpet: a novel of Nell Gwynn, who captured the heart of England and King Charles II
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2011.
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English
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Secrets of the Tudor court volume 05
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2012.
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English
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Thomasine Lodge, a lady-in-waiting to King Henry's daughter, Princess Mary, becomes the Princess's confidante--and her eyes and ears--when Henry marries Anne Boleyn, who, distrustful and suspicious of Mary, takes Thomasine into her service where she catches the king's roving eye.
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Secrets of the Tudor court volume 1
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2009.
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English
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Jane Popyncourt, a real-life member of the royal court of Henry VIII, exposes the darkest corners of Tudor England in this novel.
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Secrets of the Tudor court volume 2
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2010.
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English
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"Pretty, flirtatious, and ambitious. Nan Bassett hopes that an appointment at the court of King Henry VIII will bring her a grand marriage. But soon after she becomes a maid of honor to Queen Jane, the queen dies in childbirth. As the court plunges into mourning, Nan sets her sights on the greatest match in the land...for the king has noticed her. After all, it wouldn't be the first time King Henry has chosen to wed a maid of honor. And in newly Protestant...
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