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This book has been read, minor wear and creasing to front cover, minor markings on back cover. No markings inner pages, spine intact, no creases."""A secret love affair like no other…
As a child living in exile in France, Frances Stuart was accustomed to threadbare dresses and going hungry.
Yet everything changed when her cousin Charles arrives to visit and Frances' world is turned upside down.
The Restoration of the monarchy quickly raises Charles II far higher than anything Frances ever dreamed of.
Several years later, Frances arrives in Court to attend to Charles' wife, Queen Catherine, as a lady-in-waiting and once again, her path collides with the man who is now King.
At sixteen, she is already renowned for her beauty and vivaciousness and Charles cannot help but take notice of Frances.
The King rapidly becomes obsessed with her, and it is not long before whispers begin to circulate that Frances has supplanted the famous Barbara Castlemaine as mistress to the monarch.
So strong is her… Read More
