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Book Description
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.
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independent published on Fri, 22 Jul 2011
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Courtiers, By Lucy Worsley
Subtitled "the secret history of the Georgian court", this group biography features a colourful cast of characters: the grumpy, bigoted, unforgiving, son-hating Georges I and II; the fat, blonde, sensual and sensitive Princess Caroline; Peter the Wil ... (read full critics)
independent published on Sun, 5 Jun 2011
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- English Books
- Paperback 402 Pages
- ISBN-10: 0571238904
- ISBN-13: 9780571238903
- Publisher: Faber and Faber
- Pub date: Aug 01, 2011
- Also available as: eBook
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| ISBN | Edition | List | Sale | Seller |
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| 9780571238903 | Paperback | $15.00 | $12.81 | The Book Depository |
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Courtiers, By Lucy Worsley
If tittle-tattle from the sober court of Elizabeth II is oddly compelling, it is watery stuff compared to her 18th century forebears. From this sparkling compendium of Georgian gossip, we learn that Mary Deloraine, George II's mistress, literally fel ... (read full critics)