Courtiers EPUB
by Lucy Worsley
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In the eighteenth century, the palace's most elegant assembly room was in fact a bloody battlefield.
This was a world of skulduggery, politicking, wigs and beauty-spots, where fans whistled open like flick-knives. Ambitious and talented people flocked to court of George II and Queen Caroline in search of power and prestige, but Kensington Palace was also a gilded cage.
Successful courtiers needed level heads and cold hearts; their secrets were never safe.
Among them, a Vice Chamberlain with many vices, a Maid of Honour with a secret marriage, a pushy painter, an alcoholic equerry, a Wild Boy, a penniless poet, a dwarf comedian, two mysterious turbaned Turks and any number of discarded royal mistresses. An eye-opening portrait of a group of royal servants, Courtiers also throws new light on the dramatic life of George II and Queen Caroline at Kensington Palace.
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- Publisher:Faber & Faber
- Publication Date:06/05/2010
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- ISBN:9780571258260
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- Format:EPUB
- Publisher:Faber & Faber
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- ISBN:9780571258260