Royal Harlot
Subtitle: A Novel of the Countess Castlemaine and King Charles II
Publisher: NAL Trade
Published: July 3, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 384
ISBN-13: 9780451221346
Subjects: American Historical Fiction; Fiction; Fiction - Historical; Historical - General; Fiction / Historical; 1630-1685; 1641-1709; Charles; Cleveland, Barbara Villiers Palmer,; Duchess of,; Great Britain; II,; King of England,; Mistresses
Description: A young but far from innocent Barbara marries rich but proper Roger Palmer, whose Royalist politics set them on the path that will make her a famous courtesan and favorite of King Charles II. Lusty, bawdy and cunning, she's a fine match for the king, whose reign is portrayed as fraught with great expectations that go largely unfulfilled. Both Charles and his court are pleasingly debauched, and Charles, though well-intentioned, proves himself to be a very poor king as kings went.