The painted lady
By: Maeve Haran
Publisher: Pan Books
Published: 2011
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 493
ISBN-13: 9780330472128
Subjects: Fiction; History; Court and courtiers; Courts and courtiers
Description: Sixteen-year-old Frances Stuart arrives at the Restoration court to find her innocence and beauty are highly-prized commodities, envied by the women and desired by the men. Before long, King Charles II falls passionately in love with her and will stop at nothing to make her his mistress. But Frances is no conventional court beauty.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 493-494).