Courtiers: The Secret History of the Georgian Court

✍ Scribed by Worsley, Lucy

• Book ID: 108135092
• Publisher: Faber & Faber
• Year: 2010
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 5 MB
• Category: Fiction
• ISBN-13: 9780571258260

✦ Synopsis

Ambitious and talented people flocked to court in search of power and prestige, but Kensington Palace was also a gilded cage. While its inhabitants were cocooned in comfort and splendour, successful courtiers had 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 an enthralling group of royal servants, Courtiers also throws new light on the dramatic life of George II and Queen Caroline: a lover murdered, babies snatched, horrific illnesses and tearful deathbed reconciliations